Alfred Hunt - Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper New York - Little Willie's Christmas Greeting Holiday Supplement

Little Willie's Christmas Greeting (Holiday Supplement)

Alfred Hunt's original wood engraving entitled, Little Willie's Christmas Greeting was published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, New York (Holiday Supplement). It is printed on 19th century wove paper and with full margins as published in 1877. The image depicts a baby (Little Willie), held by the nanny about to be kissed by his mother. This is a delightful and original example of the art of Alfred Hunt and the Victorian Christmas art published by the American periodical, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.

Original Wood Engraving by Alfred Hunt published by Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, New York.

Little Willie's Christmas Greeting (Holiday Supplement)

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Alfred Hunt (English, active, 1853-1886)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Little Willie's Christmas Greetings by Alfred Hunt commissioned for Frank Leslie's, Illustrated Newspaper, N. Y. (Holiday Supplement)	Original Wood Engraving	Dec. 29, 1877	Frank Leslie's, Illustrated Newspaper, N. Y. (Holiday Supplement)
02.-		The Mistletoe Bough by Alfred Hunt commissioned for The Illustrated London News (Christmas Supplement)	Original Wood Engraving with Hand-Colouring	Jan. 12, 1887	The Illustrated London News (Christmas Supplement)

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Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, New York
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01.-		A Happy New Year, 1867 by William MaGrath for Frank Leslie's, Illustrated Newspaper, N. Y. (Holiday Supplement)	Original Wood Engraving	January 12, 1867	Frank Leslie's, Illustrated Newspaper, N. Y. (Holiday Supplement)
02.-		"Betty", a Country Milkmaid (My Pretty Maid, Where are You Going My Pretty Maid? Milking Sir, She Said.) by Samuel Luke Fildes	Original Chromolithograph (lithograph printed in color)	c. 1880	Frank Leslie's, Illustrated Newspaper, N. Y.
03-		Little Willie's Christmas Greetings by Alfred Hunt commissioned for Frank Leslie's, Illustrated Newspaper, N. Y. (Holiday Supplement)	Original Wood Engraving	Dec. 29, 1877	Frank Leslie's, Illustrated Newspaper, N. Y. (Holiday Supplement)

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01.-	Periodicals: Americana Events, Activities & Professions (Original Engravings 1870 to 1900, Prints Priced under $100.00)	Original Wood Engravings	c. 1870-1900	Various Periodicals
Collection of Miscellaneous 19th Century Periodicals (Americana Views)
01.-	Periodicals: American Views (Original Engravings 1870 to 1900, Prints Priced under $100.00)	Original Wood Engravings	c. 1870-1900	Various Periodicals
Collection of Miscellaneous 19th Century Periodicals (Holidays)
01.-	Periodicals: Christmas, New Years, Thanksgiving, Valentines (Original Engravings 1870 to 1900, Prints Priced under $100.00)	Original Wood Engravings	c. 1870-1900	Various Periodicals

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Title:	Little Willie's Christmas Greeting (Holiday Supplement)
Designer:	Hunt, Alfred 'A. Hunt' (English, active, 1853-1886)
Publication:	Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, New York
Date:	Dec. 29, 1877
Medium:	Original Wood Engraving
Note:	Alfred Hunt (London, active, 1853-1886): A fine Victorian illustrator, painter and watercolor artist, Alfred Hunt first began his career as an illustrator often receiving commissions from important 19th century periodicals. They covered literature, arts, sciences, sports, social and political events, fashion, fiction and other subjects of the times. During the second half of the nineteenth century, periodicals, journals and magazines such as 'Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper', 'Every Saturday', 'The Aldine' and 'Harper's Weekly', in the United States, and 'The Illustrated London News', 'The Illustrated London Almanack', and 'The Graphic', in England, created pictorial journalism on a grand scale. Wood engraving (invented around 1780) at last made it possible for publishers to print images and words on the same page without the extravagant costs of producing etchings or engravings from metal plates. From about 1850 engraving upon wood became the dominant means of distributing information along with pictorial imagery, and continued in this role until around 1900, when the much less expensive application of photography took control. Alfred Hunt's illustration of Little Willie's Christmas Greeting appeared in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper in 1877. Hunt's illustration, Hark the Herald Angels Sing was engraved by the Illman brothers in 1881 for Peterson's Magazine (1842-1898). The Penny Illustrated Paper, published their 'Merry Christmas Number' (Saturday Dec 15 1883), which included special Christmas Illustrations by Alfred Hunt, Matt Stretch, Harry Furniss, M. Trautschold, Thomas Robins and others. Little Willie's Christmas Greetings is a fine, original example of the illustrated art created by the British artist, Alfred Hunt and the Victorian Christmas art published by the New York periodical, 'Frank Leslie's, Holiday Supplement, Illustrated Newspaper'.
	The bulk of Alfred Hunt's Illustrated art, however, was published by 'The Illustrated London News', between 1853 and 1886. The "The Illustrated London News" established by Herbert Ingram (1811-1860), published its initial number in 1842 and continued well into the twentieth century. Throughout its life, skilled artists maintained a very high level of craftsmanship in their illustrative art. And, for well over one hundred years, these original engravings have attracted serious collectors who recognize both the historic and artistic value of these images. In fact, one of the first avid collectors of these engravings was Vincent Van Gogh, who, for several years, entertained thoughts of working as an illustrative artist for the publication. British engravers working for 'The Illustrated London News' included, Joseph Swain (1820-1909), William James Palmer (fl 1858-1896), Thomas Bolton Dalziel (1823-1906), William Biscombe Gardner (1847-1919), Ebenezer Landells( (1808-1860), William James Linton (1812-1887), and others. Alfred Hunt created works of art dealing with a variety of subjects for the ILN, such as, The Tidal Steam Packet Arriving at Boulogne, (1853), and A Garden Party at Holland House, (1872), the large four-page engraving of Epsom Downs - The Derby Day (1863), included his full name (Alfred Hunt), within the lower left margin of the wood engraving. Easter Monday (1862) and St. Valentines Day (1863) were among the general subjects he produced for this British journal. 'The Illustrated London Almanack', contained works illustrated by Alfred Hunt, it posted an advertisement for three pictures of country life from paintings by Alfred Hunt that would appear in (1869), The following year, they published Country Children (1870), and a few years later, The Return of the Swallows to Their Nests Heralds the Coming Summer was published in (1875). There were also many Christmas illustrations that appeared in 'The Illustrated London News, Christmas Supplements'. The following selection includes a list of wood engravings published for these special 'Christmas Supplements' dating from 1860 to 1886, Home for Christmas Holidays (1860), Christmas Mummers (1861), The Village Choir (1863) A Visit to the Old Folk Christmas Eve (1864), (this one contains Alfred Hunt's full name below the image), Christmas Time (1867), and First Second Floors (1867), Granvale Church (1869), (It also contain Alfred Hunt' full name below the image), A Merry Christmas to You (1870), Hoisting the Union Jack (1876), Procession of the Holy Thorn, (1872), Bringing Home the Christmas Tree (1882), Christmas Bell-Ringers (1883), and The Mistletoe Bough, a striking example of the illustrated art created for 'Christmas Supplement to The Illustrated London News', New York in 1886.
	The works listed above establishes Alfred Hunt's artistic career as an illustrator, but we have yet to confirm his date and place of birth. There appear to be at least three other artists working under the name 'Alfred Hunt' during the same time period. It has been suggested that this Alfred Hunt could actually be Alfred William Hunt (1830-1896), an accomplished painter and watercolor artist of landscapes. An obituary for Alfred William Hunt (1830-1896), appeared in the Illustrated London News (May 16, 1896). It contains a brief biography for this artist but no mention of any work in illustration. However, The Van Gogh Museum 'Vincent van Gogh, The Letters', lists two works by Alfred William Hunt, published by the Illustrated London News, Procession of the Holy Thorn, (December 21, 1872) and A Procession of Monks in the Snow (September 29, 1872). There is another engraving entitled, Scene of the railway accident at Chester - the Dee Viaduct' printed for the illustrated London News (1847), that contains the text ; "after an original drawing by A. W. Hunt of Liverpool. May 24, 1847". The book, entitled, "Mopsa the Fairy", by Jean Ingelow (c. 1880) contains wood engravings by the Dalziel Brothers after illustrations created by Alfred W. Hunt, Jessie MacGregor and others. Although, those examples seem to link the two artists, there is (no), resemblance in their art style or subjects, and no information suggesting Alfred William Hunt was a major illustrator for periodicals or journals. Alfred Hunt was quite a popular name at the time, so we have included two other English artists in this analysis. Arthur Ackland Hunt (English,1841-1914) was a fine landscape painter, but like Alfred William Hunt, his style is very different and further research is needed before coming to any conclusions. And our last case is Alfred Hunt (died, 1917), a stained glass artist and illustrator, working in London who ran a stained glass and decorating business in the south of England. He worked under Henry Holiday (the illustrator for Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark"), at the firm of Heaton, Butler & Bayne, Garrick Street, Covent Garden, London. They were a Lancaster firm of craftsmen dealing in stained glass windows and church decorations. In the 1860's the firm became known as Shrigley and Hunt, Castle Hill, Lancaster, an English firm which produced high quality stained glass windows and art tiles. Their work can be found in many churches in the north-west england. Unfortunately, most of their records were lost in a fire so little information concerning that Alfred Hunt is available. For the moment, we are left with four English artists by the name of Alfred Hunt working within the same time period in three completely different styles.
	Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, New York: An American periodical published weekly, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper was founded in 1852 by Frank Leslie, an Englishman who emigrated to America in 1848. Nee Henry Carter (1821-1880), he legally adopted the artistic name of Frank Leslie in 1857. Leslie was one of New York City's most important publisher from 1855 to 1875. His 'Illustrated Newspaper' rivaled 'Harper's Weekly'. Frank Leslie also published other illustrated journals, such as Frank Leslie's Boys & Girls Weekly, Frank Leslie's Boys of America, Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. This original Christmas wood engraving appeared in the Holiday Supplement to Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. He hired some of the best engravers, illustrators and journalists of the period. Artists, such as Alfred Hunt, John Hillen and Edwin Forbes (New York, 1839 - 1895), who was one of Frank Leslie's leading illustrative artists during the American Civil War. During the first part of the 1870's, the founders of the famous satirical magazine, Puck, Joseph Ferdinand Keppler (1838 - 1894), and Adolph Schwarzmann (1838-1904), worked for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Edward Hall, William T. Crane, Thomas Nast and many others also produced fine illustrations for this firm. Gouldings New York city Directory (1877), contains a listing of the various periodicals, almanacs and journals published by Frank Leslie, They include Frank Leslie's Boys & Girls Weekly, Frank Leslie's Boys of America, Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, etc., all located at 537 Pearl, New York address. The New York City Directory (1880), contains another selection of journals and periodicals, all located at a new address, 55 Park Place, New York. They include Leslie's Comic Almanac, Leslie's Lady's Journal, Leslie's Sunday Magazine etc. According to an article posted in Frank's Illustrated Newspaper in 1880, Mrs. Frank Leslie, 'Miriam Florence Leslie' (1836-1914)', editor and publisher in the firm assumed sole management after Frank's death until she sold it in 1902. After Mrs. Frank Leslie sold the newspaper, it went through various changes and ownerships until it shut down in 1922. This original wood engraving is based upon a design created by Alfred Hunt entitled, "Little Willie's Christmas Greeting" The image depicts a baby (Little Willie), held by the nanny about to be kissed by his mother. It is a delightful and original example of the art of Alfred Hunt and the Victorian Christmas art.
Size:	16 X 10 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Buy Now	Price: $95.00 US
Condition:	Printed on nineteenth century wove paper and with full margins as published for Frank Leslie's, Illustrated Newspaper, New York in 1877. This is a superbly printed impression and very good condition throughout. This is a delightful and original example of the art of Alfred Hunt and the Victorian & Edwardian Christmas art.
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Alfred Hunt (Frank Leslie's, Illustrated Newspaper, N. Y.)

Little Willie's Christmas Greeting (Holiday Supplement)