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Sir Hubert von Herkomer

Also known as: Sir Hubert von Herkomer; primary name: Herkomer, Hubert von
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; sculptor/medallist; German; British; Male
Life dates: 1849-1914
Address: Dyreham Cottage, Bushey, Herts (1875)
Biography: Painter, watercolourist and draughtsman of portraits, landscapes, genre; printmaker and sculptor; also made one medal. Brought to England by his German father in 1857. Made Ritter von Herkomer by Kaiser in 1899; Slade Professor at Oxford 1885-94, founder of the Herkomer School of Art, Bushey, Hertfordshire; elected RA, 1890; first wife was Anna who died in 1883 and later married Lulu Griffiths, after whom he named his home in Bushey, Lululand
Bibliography: Lee MacCormick Edwards (1999), 'Herkomer: A Victorian Artist'. Ashgate, Aldershot. P Attwood, 'Acquisitions of medals (1983-1987)', British Museum Occasional Paper 78, London, 1991.

177 related objects

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1954,0503.2 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Drawn by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1872

drawing

Title: The Cornfield |
Museum number: 2014,7070.1 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Drawn by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1887

drawing

Museum number: 1906,0419.20 |
Producer name: BIOG35345 Drawn by:Rudolf Lehmann |
Production date: 1891

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0503.1 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Drawn by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1870

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0503.4 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Drawn by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1849-1914

drawing

Museum number: 1948,0729.3 |
Producer name: BIOG33105 Drawn by:Ernest Borough Johnson |
Production date: 1892

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0503.5 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Drawn by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1849-1914

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0503.3 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Drawn by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1871

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0508.23 |
Producer name: BIOG50203 Drawn by:Frederick Walker |
Production date: 1867

drawing

Museum number: 1915,0313.55 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Drawn by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1885

drawing

Museum number: 2014,7062.1 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Drawn by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1897-1898

drawing

Museum number: 2021,7017.2 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Drawn by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1890

medal

Museum number: 2019,4001.1 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Designed by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1908 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 1983,0608.4 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1908 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

print

Museum number: 1916,0708.14 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas Hamilton CrawfordAfter:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1908-1916

print

Title: Lord Avebury / (Lubbock) |
Museum number: 1913,1015.2 |
Producer name: After:Sir Hubert von HerkomerPublished by:Berlin Photographic Company |
Production date: 1904-1913 |
Production place: Published in:Berlin (city)

print

Museum number: 1930,0208.15 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harry Scott BridgwaterAfter:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1889-1946

print

Museum number: 1905,0327.2 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1895

print

Museum number: 1924,0510.111 |
Producer name: Print made by:Norman HirstAfter:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1903

print

Museum number: 1905,0327.3 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1845

print; portfolio

Title: Portraits dry point by George Pilotell |
Museum number: 1877,0609.14 |
Producer name: BIOG42048 Print made by:Georges Pilotell |
Production date: 1876

print

Title: Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, K.C.S.J., C.B., F.R.S., F.L.S, &c. |
Museum number: 1891,0511.412 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas & R Annan & SonsAfter:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1855-1891

print

Title: Sir John Bennet Lawes |
Museum number: 1894,0420.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Walker & BoutallAfter:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1893

print

Museum number: 1924,0510.50 |
Producer name: Print made by:Norman HirstAfter:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1895-1920

print

Museum number: 1912,0802.60 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1881

print

Title: Portrait of Sir John Bennet Lawes |
Museum number: 1926,0114.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Julia Emily ClutterbuckAfter:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1900-1920

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.4351 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1884-1914

print

Museum number: 1900,1010.14 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1893

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.4350 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1876-1914

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.3733 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harry Scott BridgwaterAfter:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1901

print

Title: Portrait de M. Hubert Herkomer |
Museum number: 2006,U.2748 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1888

print

Title: The Very Reverend Henry Montagu Butler, D.D. |
Museum number: 1915,1208.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frank SternbergAfter:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1885

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.4353 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1890-1914

print

Title: John Bennet Lawes. 1814-1900 |
Museum number: 1926,0114.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Julia Emily ClutterbuckAfter:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1900

print

Museum number: 1930,0208.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harry Scott BridgwaterAfter:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1889-1946

print

Title: Wild Weather |
Museum number: 1892,0212.33 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1891

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.4077 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harry Scott BridgwaterAfter:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1900s

print

Title: Wild Weather II |
Museum number: 2019,7015.707 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1891

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.4881 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frank SternbergAfter:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1887-1924

print

Title: Gwenddydd |
Museum number: 1892,0212.2 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1891

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.190 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersPublished by:Alexander Strahan |
Production date: 1872-1875

print; poster

Title: The Magazine of Art |
Museum number: 2007,7049.1 |
Producer name: After:Sir Hubert von HerkomerPrint made by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1890-1900 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book; book-illustration; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.206.i |
Producer name: Published by:Alexander StrahanPrinted by:Virtue & Co |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.207.c |
Producer name: After:Arthur HughesAfter:John Gordon Thomson |
Production date: 1870-1871 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Granny's Story |
Museum number: 1883,0310.137 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Hubert von HerkomerPublished by:Goupil |
Production date: 1882 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:New York (city)

print; invitation

Museum number: 1978,U.797 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1885

print; invitation

Museum number: 1983,U.493 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1882

print

Museum number: 1892,0212.21 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1891

print

Title: The Old Gate |
Museum number: 1901,1012.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Hubert von HerkomerAfter:Frederick Walker |
Production date: 1885 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1931,0721.58 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Hubert von HerkomerPublished by:Obach & Co |
Production date: 1887 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Berlin (city)

print

Title: Stadtbaumesiter Jais, Landsberg, Bavaria |
Museum number: 1892,0212.23 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1891

print

Title: History of the Wars |
Museum number: 1892,0212.14 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1891

print

Title: Mozart |
Museum number: 1892,0212.11 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1891

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.7250 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1864-1914

print; invitation

Museum number: 1983,U.492 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1891

print

Title: My Father |
Museum number: 1892,0212.18 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1887

print

Title: A Wayside Scolding |
Museum number: 1892,0212.3 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1891

print

Title: Broken Tackle |
Museum number: 1892,0212.30 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1891

print

Title: Mr Squarey, Liverpool |
Museum number: 1892,0212.10 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1891

print; programme

Museum number: 1983,U.491 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1887

print

Title: Sir. H. M. Stanley |
Museum number: 1948,0729.2 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1887-1889

print

Title: 2 Versions of Same Head |
Museum number: 1916,0708.6-7 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1864-1914

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.4357 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1897-1914

print

Title: Dr Liddell. Late Dean of Christchurch Oxford |
Museum number: 1892,0212.28 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1891

print

Title: Sir William Thomson |
Museum number: 1892,0212.27 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1891

print

Title: A Charterhouse Study |
Museum number: 1892,0212.5 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1891

print

Title: Study of an Arab Head |
Museum number: 1905,0327.1 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1895

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Hubert Herkomer, A.R.A. |
Museum number: 2006,U.2750 |
Producer name: BIOG237607 After:Herman Herkomer |
Production date: late 19th century

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Hubert Herkomer, A.R.A. |
Museum number: 2006,U.2749 |
Producer name: BIOG237607 After:Herman Herkomer |
Production date: late 19th century

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.6191 |
Producer name: Print made by:Norman HirstAfter:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1903 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Maternal love Echoes from the German Alps |
Museum number: 1906,0925.42 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Hubert von HerkomerPrinted by:Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor |
Production date: 1877 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:Manchester (England)

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.4354 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Hubert von HerkomerAfter:John Everett Millais |
Production date: 1881 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.187 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersPublished by:Alexander Strahan |
Production date: 1869-1870

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.200 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersPrint made by:John Leitch & Co |
Production date: 1879-1883

print

Title: Words of comfort Echoes from the German Alps |
Museum number: 1906,0925.37 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Hubert von HerkomerPrinted by:Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor |
Production date: 1877 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:Manchester (England)

print

Museum number: 1931,0527.2 |
Producer name: After:Sir Hubert von HerkomerPublished by:Obach & Co |
Production date: 1887 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Grace before a meal Echoes from the German Alps |
Museum number: 1906,0925.40 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Hubert von HerkomerPrinted by:Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor |
Production date: 1877 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:Manchester (England)

print

Title: "Caller Herrin" |
Museum number: 2010,7081.6197 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Hubert von HerkomerAfter:John Everett Millais |
Production date: 1882 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Washington DC

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mozart. / 1756-1791 |
Museum number: 1894,1109.11 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1891

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: H.R.H. the late Duke of Clarence and Avondale, K.G., K.P. |
Museum number: 1902,1126.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:Heinrich Sigismund UhlrichAfter:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1892

print

Title: Babes in the wood |
Museum number: 1881,1112.159 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1880

print

Title: Miss Helen Zimmern - Writer |
Museum number: 1892,0212.20 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1891

print

Title: Summer |
Museum number: 1892,0212.32 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1891

print

Title: Ludwig Pietsch - Art Critic Berlin |
Museum number: 1892,0212.19 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1891

print; book of prints

Museum number: 1912,0802.110.1-12 |
Producer name: After:Cecil LawsonPublished by:Fine Art Society |
Production date: 1883 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.209 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersPublished by:F Warne & Co |
Production date: 1891-1892

print

Title: Crossing the Brook |
Museum number: 1892,0212.26 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1891

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.4352 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1881-1914

print

Title: Wild Weather |
Museum number: 2019,7015.708 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1891

print

Title: The Duke of Connaught |
Museum number: 1930,0208.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harry Scott BridgwaterAfter:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1900

print

Museum number: 1930,0208.13 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harry Scott BridgwaterAfter:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1879-1946

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.4348 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1864-1914

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.4882 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frank SternbergAfter:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1886-1924

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.6587 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1882 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.4349 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sir Hubert von HerkomerPublished by:Fine Art Society |
Production date: 1885 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: H.R.H. the late Duke of Clarence and Avondale, K.G., K.P. |
Museum number: 2006,U.2344 |
Producer name: Print made by:Heinrich Sigismund UhlrichAfter:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1892

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.4880 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frank SternbergAfter:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1893-1924

print

Museum number: 1947,0515.1 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1895

print

Museum number: 1919,0902.1 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1895

print

Museum number: 1937,1119.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:Swan Electric Engraving CoAfter:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1893

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