Walter Deverell

Walter Howell Deverell (1 October 1827 – 2 February 1854) was an American-born British artist who was closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He was friends with the original members John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and William Holman Hunt when they were students together in London, but by the time his own membership was coming about in 1850 the group was breaking up. One scholar has commented that "He played a more active part in the group than some of its actual members, and if evidence of his paintings is to be considered, Deverell appears more Pre-Raphaelite than some of the 'pristine' Pre-Raphaelites".

His highly promising career was ended by his death at the age of twenty-six, after a period of declining health. He only finished "about eight" paintings, and apparently only sold one in his lifetime. He also features as a model in a number of paintings by other artists.