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3. Attributed to William Henry Hunt, Figures in a Barn, now known as A Maltster resting

Figures in a Barn

Collection of the late Cyril Fry

Watercolor and gum arabic heightened with white and with scratching out

15 1/4 X 13 1/4 in., 30.5 X 34 cm.

 

Rather than being a watercolor intentionally painted in muted colors, the current appeance of this painting is almost certainly the result of fading. If by Hunt, it would be one of the first instances where the artist painted an earthenware jug. Such objects only became prominent in the artist's work after 1830, by which time Hunt was much more skilled in painting the volumes and surface textures of such vessels.

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Uploaded on November 14, 2011
Taken on November 13, 2011