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William Holman Hunt (1827 - 1910)

Study of Clouds; 

Bronkhurst, Judith, William Holman Hunt: A Catalogue raisonne, II, 2 (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006), no. P125

graphite on paper;  height x width: sheet 12.1 x 7.8 cm

Inscribed: no shadow on clds. But more and less dense intervals of sky a clean dead grn blue distance hazy. / light cream colored clouds in East sun at 1 P.M. no wind scarcely

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.;  WA2007.6.112

Study of clouds, with colour notes. Remounted in album WA2007.6.