A Graduate of Pomona
Fig. 19d William Henry Hunt, Mischief, later known as Cimon and Iphigenia, dated 1837
Mischief
Burnley, Lancashire, England, Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum, No. WA/CO.32
Watercolor, bodycolor, and gum arabic with scratching out;
22 1/2 X 18 ins., 56.5 x 45.7 cms
SIgned and dated, l.l., W. HUNT 1837
Walter F. Morice (S) Christie's London 12 May 1922, Lot 37 (as Cymon and Iphigenia: A Peasant Boy Teazing a Sleeping Girl) (P) £246 15s. Agnew;
Richard Haworth (dealer in Blackburn, England (S)
Exhibited:
Spring 1837, London, Society of Painters in Water-colours, No. 347.
It is apparent that this is not merely a smaller version of the actual watercolor Hunt exhibited in 1838 under the title Cymon and Iphigenia. And, of all the known titles for works exhibited at the watercolor society in 1837, "Mischief" is not only the most likely matching name but also a very good title for a picture of a boy teasing a sleeping girl.
Fig. 19d William Henry Hunt, Mischief, later known as Cimon and Iphigenia, dated 1837
Mischief
Burnley, Lancashire, England, Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum, No. WA/CO.32
Watercolor, bodycolor, and gum arabic with scratching out;
22 1/2 X 18 ins., 56.5 x 45.7 cms
SIgned and dated, l.l., W. HUNT 1837
Walter F. Morice (S) Christie's London 12 May 1922, Lot 37 (as Cymon and Iphigenia: A Peasant Boy Teazing a Sleeping Girl) (P) £246 15s. Agnew;
Richard Haworth (dealer in Blackburn, England (S)
Exhibited:
Spring 1837, London, Society of Painters in Water-colours, No. 347.
It is apparent that this is not merely a smaller version of the actual watercolor Hunt exhibited in 1838 under the title Cymon and Iphigenia. And, of all the known titles for works exhibited at the watercolor society in 1837, "Mischief" is not only the most likely matching name but also a very good title for a picture of a boy teasing a sleeping girl.