Holman Hunt exhibited an early aptitude for art, which his father, a warehouse manager, initially opposed but later tolerated. Between 1839 and 1843, he practiced drawing and studied with the portrait painter Henry Rogers while sustaining himself as an office clerk. Hunt met <a href=" https://findartvalue.com/artist/john-everett-millais">John Everett Millais</a> (1829-1896) the same year that he e