Thomas Edward Plint (1823–1861) was a British stockbroker and important Pre-Raphaelite art collector who commissioned and owned several notable paintings. [1] In 1839, with his friend Charles Reed, he started and edited a magazine called The Leeds Repository.
A religious evangelical, Plint served as a lay preacher at Leeds Congregational Chapel. In 1852, he commissioned Ford Madox Brown to complete Work, a celebration of the protestant work ethic. [1] He demanded changes to the composition, notably the inclusion of a distributor of evangelical tracts, but died before its completion. [2]
He was at one time owner of The Black Brunswicker, which he purchased from Ernest Gambart. [3] Other paintings in his collection included Millais's Christ in the House of His Parents. [1]
References
- ^ a b c Dianne Sachko Macleod, "Plint, Thomas Edward (1823–1861)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004
- ^ Tim Barringer, "Brown, Ford Madox (1821–1893)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004
- ^ Russell Ash, Victorian Masters and Their Art, Pavilion, p. 340. ISBN 978-1862053045
