Background
HALL, Sydney Prior was born on October 18, 1842. Son of late Harry Hall, painter, of Newmarket.
HALL, Sydney Prior was born on October 18, 1842. Son of late Harry Hall, painter, of Newmarket.
Merchant Taylors’; Pembroke College, Oxford. 2nd Class Classical Moderations (Oxford). 1st Class Classics (Greats), 1865.
2nd Class Mathematical Moderations (Oxford) 1863. Master of Arts 1871; spocial artist of The Graphic during FrancoGerman War, 1870-1871. And at the marriage of Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, 1874.
Master of Arts.
Member of the suite of His (or Her) Majesty the King on his voyage to India in 1875-1876, and to Norway in 1885. Membor of the suite of the Marquess of Lome and His (or Her) Royal Highness Princess Louise on going out to Canada as Governor - General, 1879. Accompanied the Marquess of Lome on his journey in the North-West Territories, 1881.
Special artist of The Graphic in Ireland, 1885. At the Parnell Commission, 1889. In Palestine, on the occasion of the visit of His (or Her) Imperial Majesty the German Emperor, 1898.
Member of the suite of Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York, and special artist of The Graphic on board His Majesty’s Ship Opliir, 1901. Painted the marriage of Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught for Queen Victoria, 1879. Also the marriage of His (or Her) Royal Highness Princess Louise with the Marquess of Lome.
And tlm marriage of His (or Her) Royal Highness Princess Louise of Wales with the Duke of Fife for the Prince of Wales, 1889. Joint illustrator of Tom Brown’s Schooldays. Illustrator of The Law and the Lady, etc.
Author of Oxford Sketches, 1865. Sketches from an Artist’s Portfolio, 1875, etc. Member of the Victorian Order, 1901.
Chevalier of the orders of the Medjidie (Turkey), Vasa (Sweden), Redeemer (Greece), and Christ (Portugal). Painter.