Isabella and the Pot of Basil, 1867
William Holman Hunt
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Isabella and the Pot of Basil
William Holman Hunt, 1868 // Arthur Trevethin Nowell, 1904 // John William Waterhouse, 1907 // George Henry Grenville Manton, 1919
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Pre-Raphaelite Dove Advent Calendar 15
The Festival of St. Swithin (The Dovecot), 1866, William Holman Hunt
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William Holman Hunt - The Birthday (1868)
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William Holman Hunt (English,1827-1910)
Strayed Sheep, 1852
Oil on canvas
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Title: The Light of the World
Artist: William Holman Hunt
Date: 1851
Style: Symbolism
Genre: Religious Painting
Details
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William Holman Hunt (English, 1827-1910)
Female Nude - Study from behind, 1858
Birmingham Museums Trust
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The Haunted Manor (William Holman Hunt, 1849)
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William Holman Hunt • Isabella and the Pot of Basil • 1868 Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Keats’ Isabella or the Pot of Basil (published in 1820) is based on a story from the Renaissance author Boccaccio’s Decameron. It explores the traditional theme of star-crossed lovers. The poem tells the tragic tale of Isabella and Lorenzo, who is employed by Isabella’s brothers. Unhappy with the blossoming love between the pair, the brothers send Lorenzo on a trip and have him killed, but Lorenzo appears to Isabella as a ghost and tells her where to find his body. Isabella digs up the body, cuts off Lorenzo’s head and buries it in a pot of basil, which she waters with her tears. Eventually her brothers become suspicious, steal the pot, and flee. Isabella goes mad with grief and dies. Like the narratives of so many Victorian paintings, the course of true love does not run smoothly.
~ Khan Academy, khanacademy.org
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William Holman Hunt (1827-1910), Our English Coasts (Strayed Sheep), 1852, Oil paint on canvas, London, Tate Gallery.
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William Holman Hunt, The Light of the World (1851–1854)
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Lead Kindly Light
“Lead, Kindly Light, amidst th'encircling gloom,
Lead Thou me on!
The night is dark, and I am far from home,
Lead Thou me on!
Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene; one step enough for me.
I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou
Shouldst lead me on;
I loved to choose and see my path; but now
Lead Thou me on!
I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears,
Pride ruled my will. Remember not past years!
So long Thy power hath blest me, sure it still
Will lead me on.
O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till
The night is gone,
And with the morn those angel faces smile,
Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile!”
— John Henry Newman
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detail from Isabella and the Pot of Basil, 1867, William Holman Hunt
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William Holman Hunt - The Hireling Shepherd (1851)
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William Holman Hunt, The Hireling Shepherd, 1851, oil/canvas (City Art Gallery, Manchester)
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Title: Distant View of Nazareth
Artist: William Holman Hunt
Date: 1860
Style: Romanticism
Genre: Cityscape
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