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William Holman Hunt (1827 - 1910)

Study of a Well; 

Bronkhurst, Judith, William Holman Hunt: A Catalogue raisonne, II, 2 (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006), p. p. 236, no. P115

graphite on paper;  height x width: sheet 7.3 x 10.2 cm

Inscribed: well in the plain near Gath - the / marks of the ropes still in the stones round / the sides / this was a resting / place formerly cover / ed by a canopy

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.;  WA2007.6.102

Study of a well. Remounted in album WA2007.6.