"The Hireling Shepherd" and of his relations with his model Emma Watkins. The Hireling Shepherd (1851) is a painting by the Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt. Mosley campaigned aggressively in Ladywood; and accused Chamberlain of being a "landlords' hireling". Mosley campaigned aggressively in Ladywood, and accused Chamberlain of being a "landlords' hireling". Lady Sneerwell, a wealthy young widow, and her hireling Snake discuss her various scandal-spreading plots. The thug turns out to be a hireling of Roscoe, a Moss Side-based crime lord. In 1974 Kroll won the BAFTA for Best Art Direction for "The Hireling" (1973).