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William Holman Hunt (1827 - 1910)

Recto: Study of Mountains and Clouds; Verso: Study of Mountains;  ?1875

Bronkhurst, Judith, William Holman Hunt: A Catalogue raisonne, II, 2 (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006), no. P128

silverpoint on prepared paper;  height x width: sheet 11.3 x 15.2 cm

Inscribed recto: Intended to show the snow lying / on the mountains Brenner Pass; Inscribed verso: whitey / a lie of lake / Yellow of Citron / middle blue & dark purple

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.;  WA2007.6.115

Recto and verso: studies of mountains and clouds, with colour notes. Remounted in album WA2007.6.