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William Holman Hunt (1827 - 1910)

Studies of the Legs of a Donkey for 'The Triumph of the Innocents';  c. 1876

Bronkhurst, Judith, William Holman Hunt: A Catalogue raisonne, II, 2 (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006), no. P102, D309

silverpoint on prepared paper;  height x width: sheet 11.1 x 15.2 cm

Inscribed: the planer of the / right hind leg the width / of a foot in advance of the / left front / leg / shah shabbat - mafeesh / rubbat / the right foot hind / before the left hind leg / one second - When the rt / leg Is being placed the / the left hin

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.;  WA2007.6.91

Sketches of the forelegs of a donkey in movement; Hunt working out the pose he was to use for the donkey in 'The Triumph of the Innocents' (1876-8). Along with WA2007.6.86,87,90, probably dates from WHH's visit to south-west Palestine in March 1876. Remo