John Henry Hill was an American Pre-Raphaelite artist and follower of the British critic John Ruskin. From the 1850s to his death, Hill produced paintings, drawings, and, as a leader of the American etching revival, prints. Hill and his father, John William Hill, were among the earliest followers of Ruskin in the United States, having read "Modern Painters" around 1855. Both father and son exhibited prominently in New York and received substantial critical attention for their zealously executed nature studies and landscapes of modest dimensions. In 1863, they were among the founding members of the Association of the Advancement of Truth in Art, the group that would become known as the American Pre-Raphaelites. Together with their colleagues, they produced art and published a journal, "The New Path," that advocated for the abolition of slavery and for progressive political reform.
