Old Master & British Works on Paper
Old Master & British Works on Paper
Property from the Collection of the late Cyril and Shirley Fry
William Henry Hunt
'The Orphan': A woman bottle feeding a pig
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Property from the Collection of the late Cyril and Shirley Fry
William Henry Hunt
London 1790 - 1864
'The Orphan': A woman bottle feeding a pig
Watercolour and bodycolour over pencil;
signed lower left: W Hunt
297 by 335 mm
Cyril and Shirley Fry, by 1982
J. Witt, William Henry Hunt, Life and Work, with a Catalogue, London 1982, p. 178, no. 388, pl. 69
In this charming work Hunt's wife, Sarah (1812-1860), plays the part of the young farmhand. The pair married in 1830 and she regularly appeared in her husband's watercolours.
The exquisite rendering of the interior of the barn in the present work allows one to fully appreciate Hunt's extremely sophisticated watercolour technique.