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William Holman Hunt (1827 - 1910)

Sketch of a Boat copied from a Pompeian Painting;  1868

Bronkhurst, Judith, William Holman Hunt: A Catalogue raisonne, II, 2 (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006), no. P96

graphite and watercolours;  height x width: sheet 10.2 x 15.2 cm

Inscribed: from a painting (Pompeian) Museo - Napoli
Yellow / Greenish / P Red / P Red / Green Greenish / Yellow oars

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.;  WA2007.6.85

Watercolour sketch of a boat copied from a Pompeian painting in the Archaeological Museum, Naples. Remounted in album WA2007.6.