John Trivett Nettleship

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John Trivett Nettleship (February 11, 1841–August 31, 1902) was an English artist, known as a painter of animals and in particular lions, and author.

He was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire. After training for a legal career, he became an art student and illustrator. He wrote in Essays on Robert Browning's poetry (1868) the first major work of criticism on Browning, whose mid-century reputation was in the doldrums. This brought him Browning's friendship. He wrote also a biography of the artist George Morland.

He was one of The Brotherhood, a group of the 1870s including John Butler Yeats and Edwin John Ellis. They were admirers of William Blake, on friendly terms with the Pre-Raphaelites or at least the Rossetti brothers, and part of the Bedford Park social and artistic group.

His daughter Ida (1877-1907) married the artist Augustus John.