Thomas Hughes
George Frederick Watts RA (1817-1904)
Oil on canvas
Courtesy the Watts Gallery, Compton
Hughes, a disciple of Thomas Arnold, headmaster of Rugby, is today best best known for Tom Brown's Schooldays, but he was one of the founders of the Workingmen's College and worked to legalize unions.
References
Blunt, Wilfred. "England's Michaelangelo": A Biography of George Frederic Watts, Om., R.A. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975.
Last modified 18 July 2006