Hunt, Arthur Ackland
- First name(s)
- Arthur Ackland
- Surname
- Hunt
- Position(s) held at King's College London Ref: *4
- Evening Class Lecturer in Drawing (1873-1874)
Education & professional details
- School, college and/or university attended Ref: *3
- King's College School (1851-1857)
- Position(s) held (non King's College London) Ref: *5
- Instructor, Freehand Drawing, Royal Naval College, Greenwich (1881)
Personal details
- Date of birth Ref: *1
- 12 May 1841
- Place of birth
- Herne Bay, Kent
- Date of death Ref: *2
- 19th April 1914
- Place of death
- Woolwich, London
- Family details Ref: *6
Son of Thomas Hunt, Surgeon. Married to Emma Sarah Blagg in 1879. Children were Amy W. (1881-) and Cecil Ackland (1883-).
Notes Ref: *7
Artist in figure and landscape.
- Exhibited at the Royal Academy, Colchester & Ipswich Museum, British Museum, Maidstone Museum, National Maritime Museum and Guernsey Museum.
- RA silver medals, Best Painting from Life, Best Drawing from Life (1863)
Choral Exhibitioner and winner of Landscape Drawing Prize at King’s College School (1857)
* References
- Baptism record from Christchurch, Herne Bay 24th June 1841 (inc. birth date)
- National Probate Calendar 1914, 201; BMD 1914 Woolwich 1D 1127
- King's College School Pupils 1831-1866
- King's College London Calendar 1873-1874, 293
- 1881 Census
- Ibid.; Parish register, Cheadle Parish Church, Stafford 1879
- Algernon Graves, The Royal Academy of Art: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors (London, Henry Graves & Co, 1906). Volume IV p196; www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings; Oxford Times 19 December 1863, 6; The Times (London) 12 December 1863, 1
