Before 5th November 1851 [his father] Edward Hughes [aged 23] and [his mother] Harriet Foord [aged 25] were married. His brother [his uncle] Arthur Hughes [aged 19] would marry to her younger sister [his aunt] Tryphena Foord [aged 22]. An example of Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings.
On 5th November 1851 Edward Robert Hughes was born to Edward Hughes [aged 23] and Harriet Foord [aged 25] at 29 Wilmington Square, Clerkenwell. His uncle was the painter Arthur Hughes [aged 19].
1871. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 19]. "Evensong".
1872. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 20]. "A Rainy Sunday" aka "Sabbath Morn".
1873. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 21]. Portrait of Caroline Hill.
1873. [his uncle] Arthur Hughes [aged 40]. Portrait of the artists's nephew Edward Robert Hughes [aged 21].
1874. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 22]. Portrait of Gray Hill.
1875. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 23]. "A Young Beauty".
1880. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 28]. "Landscape with Trees".
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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In 1883 Edward Robert Hughes [aged 31] and Emily Eliza Davies [aged 37] were married.
1887. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 35]. "Portrait of a Lady". Possibly Florence Jane Helen Wellesley Baroness Nunburnholme [aged 34].
1888 to 1905. William Holman Hunt [aged 60] assisted by Edward Robert Hughes [aged 36]. "Lady of Shalott". Part 3 Stanza 5: "Out flew the web and floated wide; The mirror crack'd from side to side".
1892. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 40]. "Portrait of a Lady". Possibly Lucy Cecilia Dunn-Garnder Countess Scarborough.
Lucy Cecilia Dunn-Garnder Countess Scarborough: she was born to Cecil Mina Dunn-Gardner. In 1887 Robert Ashton and she were married. On 8th April 1899 Aldred Beresford Lumley 10th Earl Scarborough and she were married at Christ Church, Mayfair. She by marriage Countess of Scarborough. He the son of Richard Lumley 9th Earl Scarborough and Adeliza Drummond Countess Scarborough. On 24th December 1931 she died.
1893. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 41]. Portrait of Adele Beach Grant Countess Essex [aged 26].
An Artist's Reminiscences Chapter 8. I was fortunate enough to have some beautiful ladies in my Florentine and Venetian groups. Miss Lisa Stillmann [aged 29] was Fiammetta. Miss Galloway of Manchester was the Paris Bordone lady. Miss Lisa Lehmann [aged 32] was my Beatrice. (Mr. Stock, R.I., the artist, was an admirable Dante.) Mr. W. A. S. Benson was Niccolo Pisano. My wife [Mary Frances Andrews [aged 48]] took the part of Laura. My little daughter was an early Italian angel. My eldest son personated the young Giotto, and I represented Cimabue myself, in the white costume in which Leighton painted him, taken from the fresco of Simone Memmi at Florence.
Sir James Linton was Veronese in my Venetian group, the late Mr. J. H. Mole, R.I., personating Titian. The late Mr. John O'Connor made an excellent Michael Angelo, and Mr. E. R. Hughes [aged 43] presented a lifelike and artistic portrait of the young Raphael.
Around 1895. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 43]. "Oh, What's That in the Hollow?".
1895. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 43]. "Bertuccio's Bride".
Bertuccio uses his inheritance to ransom the body of a man from his murderers, and to free a maiden from robbers. The maiden turns out to be a princess, who makes a contract of betrothal with him before she returns to her kingdom. Bertuccio then meets a mysterious knight, with whom he changes clothes, and goes in quest of his bride. When he is returning home with her, they meet the knight again, and Bertuccio offers to divide with the knight the wedding gifts, in return for the help which the knight provided. However, the knight turns out to be the spirit of the murdered man, whose body he ransomed, and declines the gifts.
1896. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 44]. "Diana's Maidens" aka "A Coward".
1896. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 44]. "The Shrew Katherina".
1896. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 44]. "Summer Fantasy".
1898. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 46]. Portrait of Laura Gwendolen Galton [aged 38] and her son Alvery Douglas Frederick Trench-Gascoigne [aged 5].
Laura Gwendolen Galton: Around 1860 she was born to Douglas Strutt Galton. In 1892 Frederick Richard Thomas Trench-Gascoigne and she were married. On 10th July 1949 she died.
Alvery Douglas Frederick Trench-Gascoigne: In 1893 he was born to Frederick Richard Thomas Trench-Gascoigne and Laura Gwendolen Galton.
Around 1901. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 49]. "The Princess out of School".
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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1902. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 50]. "Dream Idyll (A Valkyrie)".
1905. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 53]. "Wings of the Morning".
1905. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 53]. "Midsummer's Eve".
1907. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 55]. "Heart of Snow".
1911. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 59]. "Summer Fantasy".
1912. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 60]. "Night with her Train of Stars".
Before 1914. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 62]. "Day, and Night".
Before 1914. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 62]. "Reverie".
Before 1914. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 62]. "Idle Tears".
Before 1914. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 62]. "The Valkyrie's Vigil".
Before 1914. Edward Robert Hughes [aged 62]. "The Nymph Callisto".
On 23rd April 1914 Edward Robert Hughes [aged 62] died at his home 3 Romeland after an operation for appendicitis. He was buried at Hatfield Road Cemetery, St Albans. His funeral in St Albans Cathedral [Map] was the largest ever held there, attended by his many friends, fellow artists, and pupils from his life-drawing class in London.
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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On 8th February 1925 [his former wife] Emily Eliza Davies [aged 79] died. She was buried at Hatfield Road Cemetery, St Albans.
Grandfather: Edward Hughes
father: Edward Hughes
Grandfather: Robert Foord
mother: Harriet Foord