A Graduate of Pomona
William Henry Hunt, What Shall I Play?, exhibited 1848
THe model for this watercolor by William Henry Hunt was, most likely, the artist's daughter, Emma, at about age 16. It was presumably painted at Hunt's London home, which appears to have been decorated with Hunt's own watercolors. The still life painting on the wall above the piano looks to be a work from the 1830s. The red object, which may be a tomato, sets the still life apart from any other still life paintings by Hunt. To my knowledge, Hunt painted no other tomatoes in his long career. Regardless of the reason why he painted one here, its presence shows that one cannot exclude Hunt as the artist of a still life simply based solely on the nature of the fruit depicted in a particular watercolor.
Another version of this watercolor is in the collection of the Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, England.
Exhibited:
1848, SPWC, No. 337, What Shall I Play?
William Henry Hunt, What Shall I Play?, exhibited 1848
THe model for this watercolor by William Henry Hunt was, most likely, the artist's daughter, Emma, at about age 16. It was presumably painted at Hunt's London home, which appears to have been decorated with Hunt's own watercolors. The still life painting on the wall above the piano looks to be a work from the 1830s. The red object, which may be a tomato, sets the still life apart from any other still life paintings by Hunt. To my knowledge, Hunt painted no other tomatoes in his long career. Regardless of the reason why he painted one here, its presence shows that one cannot exclude Hunt as the artist of a still life simply based solely on the nature of the fruit depicted in a particular watercolor.
Another version of this watercolor is in the collection of the Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, England.
Exhibited:
1848, SPWC, No. 337, What Shall I Play?