\paperw4995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \f1 \ATXsh255 English painter. \ATXsh4607 \par
\ATXsh255 He was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848. A determined adv
ocate of fidelity to nature, he often set landscapes of meticulous realism as backdrops to his paintings. In his pictures of religious subjects this painstaking adherence to reality was charged with an arcane and allegorical atmosphere (\i The Light of t
he World\i0 , 1853-56; \i The Scapegoat\i0 , 1854). Like all the Pre-Raphaelites, Hunt also depicted literary subjects (\i Isabella and the Pot of Basil\i0 , 1867, from a short story by Boccaccio), scenes of contemporary life, and moralistic tales (\i Th
e Awakening of Conscience\i0 , 1853, London, Tate Gallery; \i The Lady of Shalott\i0 , 1896-1905, Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum).\ATXsh4607
