Sydney Prior Hall
Sydney Prior Hall, self-portrait, 1895
Born	(1842-10-18)18 October 1842 Newmarket, Suffolk
Died	15 December 1922(1922-12-15) (aged 80) St John's Wood,London
Known for	Illustrator, Portrait painter,Children's Literature
Spouses	Emma Holland ​ (m. 1877)​ Mary Gow ​ (m. 1907)​
Children	Henry R. H. Hall

Sydney Prior HallMVO,MA (18 October 1842 – 15 December 1922)^[1] was a Britishportrait painter andillustrator^[2] and one of the leadingreportage artists of the laterVictorian period.

The son of animal portraitistHarry Hall,^[3] Sydney Hall was educated atMerchant Taylors' School.^[4] He decided on a career as an artist while atOxford University and joined the staff ofThe Graphic, an illustrated newspaper, shortly after its foundation in late 1869. He immediately established his name with a series of vivid drawings made at thefront during theFranco-Prussian War.^[5]

As stated in the contemporary publicationThe Art Journal, his drawings of theParnell Commission were among his finest achievements in the medium of graphic journalism: "he was in court the whole time, busy with a swift revealing pencil which missed no turn of affairs."^[5]

He illustrated a number of books includingTom Brown's School Days (MacMillan, 1885), andTom Brown at Oxford byThomas Hughes.

Hall married Emma Holland (1846/7–1894), in 1877; the couple had already produced a son,Henry R. H. Hall (1873–1930), who became assistant keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities at theBritish Museum. Following the death of his first wife, Hall married the painterMary Gow (1851–1929), in 1907. Hall died at his home in London on 15 December 1922.^[6]

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  Escaped Leopard Battles with Dogs atRaglan Castle, circa 1875, by Sydney P. Hall
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  Painting depictingArchbishop of CanterburyFrederick Temple's collapse in theHouse of Lords while delivering a speech on theEducation Bill, on 2 December 1902.
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  The three daughters of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, 1883
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  Joseph Chamberlain and Arthur Balfour, 1895
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  A sketch from the Parnell Commission, 1889
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  A sketch from the Parnell Commission, 1889

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• Sketches from an Artist's Portfolio, Sydney P. Hall, 1875.
• Four paintings by Sir Sydney Hall in theRoyal Collection ofQueen Elizabeth II
• Some sketches by Sir Sydney Hall (part of a collection of 146 held by theNational Portrait Gallery (London) which were donated in 1929 by the artist's son, Harry Reginald Holland Hall)
• Drawings of Canada in 1881 by Sydney Hall (Hall was a member of thepress party which accompanied theGovernor General of Canada,Sir John Douglas Campbell, on a much-publicised tour to promote the agricultural potential of western Canada).
• Portrait of the three daughters of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra by Sydney Prior Hall (oil on canvas, 1883, National Portrait Gallery, London)
• Pencil drawing of William Ewart Gladstone by Sydney Prior Hall

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