Editing William Holman Hunt (section)

==Awards and commemoration==
Hunt published an autobiography in 1905.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/8048610 |title=Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood |access-date=20 July 2007 |archive-date=29 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124131/http://worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/8048610%26referer%3Dbrief_results |url-status=live }}</ref> Many of his late writings are attempts to control the interpretation of his work. That year, he was appointed to the [[Order of Merit (Commonwealth)|Order of Merit]] by [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|King Edward VII]]. At the end of his life, he lived in [[Sonning]]-on-[[River Thames|Thames]]. 18 Melbury Road has a [[blue plaque]] commemorating Hunt, added in 1923.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/hunt-william-holman/ | title=Holman-Hunt, William, O.M. (1827–1910)
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Hunt's personal life was the subject of [[Diana Holman-Hunt]]'s book ''My Grandfather, his Life and Loves''.<ref>{{cite book|title=British watercolours in the Victoria and Albert Museum|year = 1980|publisher = Victoria and Albert Museum|isbn = 9780856671111|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N9HqAAAAMAAJ|access-date=26 August 2014|ref=Life}}</ref>

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was depicted in two [[BBC]] [[Costume drama|period drama]]s. The first, ''[[The Love School]]'', in 1975, starred [[Bernard Lloyd]] as Hunt. The second was ''[[Desperate Romantics]]'', in which Hunt is played by [[Rafe Spall]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/08_august/07/romantics.shtml BBC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101201143/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/08_august/07/romantics.shtml |date=1 January 2019 }}, ''BBC Drama Production presents Desperate Romantics for BBC Two''</ref>

Facing [[Mar Elias Monastery]] is a stone bench erected by the wife of the painter, who painted some of his major works at this spot. The bench is inscribed with biblical verses in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Arabic]] and [[English language|English]].