William Henry Hunt 1790-1864

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Description

William Henry Hunt, O.W.S.
A Circassian Lady
indistinctly signed l.l.: Hunt
watercolour over pencil with touches of gum arabic

Exhibited

Probably, Society of Painters in Watercolours, 1841, no. 178 as 'The Masquerader.'

Literature

John Witt, William Henry Hunt, London, 1982, p. 224.

Catalogue Note

During the 1830's and 1840's Hunt painted a series of pictures of young girls in colourful dress, captured during a moments repose. Similar representations include, Young Girl Reclining on a Coach, 1830 now in the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford and Slumber, 1835, now in the Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery.