A Graduate of Pomona
Fig. 3 William Henry Hunt, Butler at Chatsworth House
Butler at Chatsworth House, No. CTS621508
Chatsworth House, Devonshire England, Devonshire Collection
Watercolor and gum arabic
24.1 X15.2 cm
The authors of the Courtauld catalogue assert that the earliest figurative watercolors painted by Hunt while employed at one of the two manor houses at which he worked were of household servants. But the only known watercolors of that type are those at Chatsworth House, such as this example. Hunt first painted at Cashiobury House, and that is where he is likely to have painted most of his images of gamekeepers and gardeners, all of which are in the earlier ink and wash technique. Since Hunt worked at Charsworth House during two periods, in the early 1820s and again later in that decade, it is likely that these images of domestic servants were painted later than the rustic figures included in the Courtauld exhibition.
Fig. 3 William Henry Hunt, Butler at Chatsworth House
Butler at Chatsworth House, No. CTS621508
Chatsworth House, Devonshire England, Devonshire Collection
Watercolor and gum arabic
24.1 X15.2 cm
The authors of the Courtauld catalogue assert that the earliest figurative watercolors painted by Hunt while employed at one of the two manor houses at which he worked were of household servants. But the only known watercolors of that type are those at Chatsworth House, such as this example. Hunt first painted at Cashiobury House, and that is where he is likely to have painted most of his images of gamekeepers and gardeners, all of which are in the earlier ink and wash technique. Since Hunt worked at Charsworth House during two periods, in the early 1820s and again later in that decade, it is likely that these images of domestic servants were painted later than the rustic figures included in the Courtauld exhibition.