Thomas Edward Plint (1823–1861) was a British stockbroker and important Pre-Raphaelite art collector who commissioned and owned several notable paintings.[1] In 1839, with his friend Charles Reed, he started and edited a magazine called The Leeds Repository.
A religious evangelical, Plint served as a lay preacher at Leeds Congregational Chapel. In 1852, he commissioned Ford Madox Brown to complete Work, a celebration of the protestant work ethic.[1] He demanded changes to the composition, notably the inclusion of a distributor of evangelical tracts, but died before its completion.[2]
He was at one time owner of The Black Brunswicker, which he purchased from Ernest Gambart.[3] Other paintings in his collection included Millais's Christ in the House of His Parents.[1]
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