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William Holman Hunt (1827 - 1910)

Sheet of Costume Studies for 'Bianca';  1869

Bronkhurst, Judith, William Holman Hunt: A Catalogue raisonne, II, 2 (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006), no. P84, D268

graphite and blue and red chalks;  height x width: sheet 17.1 x 12.7 cm

Inscribed: blue with gld / Blue with gld / light green with gold / bindings / gold and / crimson

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.;  WA2007.6.74

Sheet of costume studies, ideas in progress relating to WHH's painting 'Bianca' (1869). Remounted in album WA2006.6.