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As
well as being a painter, Hughes became one of
the more successful Pre-Raphaelite illustrators.
His illustrations for George Macdonald (Dealing
with Fairies and At the Back of the North Wind),
and Christina Rossetti (Sing Song, Speaking
Likenesses, and Babies' Classics) are especially
noteworthy. Hughes was a truly gentle and modest
man.
Very little is known about his private life
or his views on art, but he was well loved by
all the Pre-Raphaelites and maintained contact
with many of them his whole life. Hughes' later
years were spent in obscurity. He died a recluse
on 23 December in 1915 at Kew Green, London,
leaving behind nearly 600 paintings and 850
book illustrations.
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