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William Huggins    (British, 1820-1884)  There are no related
images available at this time.  One of the leading artists to
come from Liverpool, alongside Stubbs and Augustus John. William
Huggins began his career as a student at the life classes of the
Liverpool Academy. In 1847 he became an associate of the
Liverpool Academy and a member in 1850. He is primarily known
for his studies on animals, including lions, donkeys and
domestic poultry, sometimes depicting them within historical
settings such as David in the Lion’s Den. A Bengal Tiger was
painted when Huggins was just eighteen. His choice of exotic
animals was made possible by the proximity of Liverpool’s
Zoological Gardens, and Wombwell’s Travelling Menagerie, which
he was reputed to have stalked on its local circuit. An
eccentric individual, he is said to have preferred the company
of chickens to his fellow men and had such a fear of tunnels
that he would get off the train before Liverpool and