William Henry Hunt, Fungi, Exhibited 1858

Fungi

Brunswick, Maine, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, No 1956.24.219

Watercolor and bodycolor with scratching out

6 1/4 X 8 1/2 in., 15.88 X21.59 cm. oval

Signed, l.l. W. HUNT

 

Provenance:

Dr. Drage by 1879;

Susan Dwight Bliss, by whom donated to the museum in 1956..

 

Exhibited:

Spring, 1858, London, Society of Painters in Water-colours, No. 244;

1879-1880, London, The Fine Art Society, Ruskin Exhibition of Works by Prout and Hunt, No. 249, lent by Dr. Drage;

May 3 - Sept. 3, 2017, Brunswick, Maine, Bodoin College Museum of Art, "Why Draw? 500 Years of Drawings and Watercolors at Bowdoin College."

 

In his notes to the 1879-1880 exhibtion, John Ruskin stated: "A perfect gem; 'Venetian red' in its best earthly splendour: it could only be more bright in clouds."

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