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William Holman Hunt (1827 - 1910)

Study of Decoration; 

Bronkhurst, Judith, William Holman Hunt: A Catalogue raisonne, II, 2 (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006), no. P143a

graphite on paper;  height x width: sheet 12.7 x 7.8 cm

Inscribed: on face of tomb in Valley of Hinnom; annotated with colour notes: orange and gold / Copt green / grey going rainbowlike into / Cindry Mauve Mountains broken with / a varying soft green soupcon - with lights of white - yellow okre and V red / sh

Provenance: Charles Stanely Pollitt (1888 - 1965) and by descent; the artist's daughter, Gladys Joseph

Purchased (Peter Brunt Bequest Fund) with the assistance of the Art Fund, and the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, 2006.;  WA2007.6.135

Study of decoration on a tomb in the Valley of Hinnom, with colour notes. Remounted in album WA2007.6.