William Hughes

British 1842

William Hughes was a still life painter, father of Sir Herbert Hughes-Stanton. He was a pupil of George Lance and W.H. Hunt.

Hughes exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1866 and 1901 as well as at the British Institute, Suffolk Street and the Grosvenor Gallery.

Titles at the R.A. include “The Baron’s Dessert” and “For the Feast of the Tournament”. A major work, a set of large bird paintings, was completed for the hall of Lord Calthorpe’s house in Grosvenor Square