Lot 248
WILLIAM HENRY HUNT O.W.S. (BRITISH 1790-1864)
GIRL READING A LETTER BY LAMPLIGHT
Auction: 14 May 2019 at 11:00 BST
£10,625
Description
Signed and dated 1827, watercolour and pencil
Dimensions
37cm x 26.5cm (14.5in x 10.5in)
Footnote
Provenance:Collection of Sir John Witt, his sale Sotheby's 1987 bought for £24,000
Private Collection and thence by descent
Exhibited:The Society of Painters in Watercolour, 1829, no.13 or no.214
Wolverhampton Art Gallery and Museum, 1989, William Henry Hunt 1790-1864, no.101
Literature:John Witt, William Henry Hunt 1982, no.548