A Graduate of Pomona
William Henry Hunt (attributed) after Antonio Canaletto, View of Rome from the Ponte Fabricio
Copy after Antonio Canaletto's drawing, View of Rome from the Ponte Fabricio
British Museum, London, England, No. 1878-12-28-2
Pen and brown ink with grey wash, on paper
27.7 X 43 cm
Provenance:
Bequeathed by John Henderson, 1878
William Henry Hunt's early patron, Dr. Thomas Monro, was an avid collector of drawings by both deceased and living artists. His collection included large holdings of the drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, John Robert Cozens, and Antonio Canaletto. Hunt is known to have made copies of some of Dr. Monro's Canaletto drawings, which strongly influenced Hunt's own drawing techniques used in depicting churches and buildings in Bushy, Aldenham, and Watford, England. While the British Museum classifies these copies after Canaletto originals as "attributed" to William Henry Hunt, they are generally accepted as Hunt's work. On occasion, however, a drawing which had been attributed to Hunt is reclassified as a work by Canaletto himself, which confusion speaks very well of Hunt's abilities as a draftsman at an early stage of his career.
William Henry Hunt (attributed) after Antonio Canaletto, View of Rome from the Ponte Fabricio
Copy after Antonio Canaletto's drawing, View of Rome from the Ponte Fabricio
British Museum, London, England, No. 1878-12-28-2
Pen and brown ink with grey wash, on paper
27.7 X 43 cm
Provenance:
Bequeathed by John Henderson, 1878
William Henry Hunt's early patron, Dr. Thomas Monro, was an avid collector of drawings by both deceased and living artists. His collection included large holdings of the drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, John Robert Cozens, and Antonio Canaletto. Hunt is known to have made copies of some of Dr. Monro's Canaletto drawings, which strongly influenced Hunt's own drawing techniques used in depicting churches and buildings in Bushy, Aldenham, and Watford, England. While the British Museum classifies these copies after Canaletto originals as "attributed" to William Henry Hunt, they are generally accepted as Hunt's work. On occasion, however, a drawing which had been attributed to Hunt is reclassified as a work by Canaletto himself, which confusion speaks very well of Hunt's abilities as a draftsman at an early stage of his career.