11. William Henry Hunt, Study of a Gamekeeper, 1826

Study of a Gamekeeper

Private collection ?

Ink, pencil and watercolor

16.9 X 11.8 in., 43 X 30 cm.

Signed and dated 1826

 

 

Provenance:

William Ward of Richmond, England;

The Hon George Duncan, acquired from

the above, 3 Oct 1892 for 50 gns.;

Private collection, UK, 2010

(S) Turnbull, 10 June 2010, Lot 11 (P) £19,000 [hammer], $27,425

 

 

Inscribed by the artist on the backing board:

Drawn from Nature by Wm Hunt, 6 Marchmont

St. Russell Square

Also inscribed in another hand:

Watercolour drawing / The ‘Gamekeeper’ by

William Hunt of the Old Watercolour Society

London / Price – Fifty guineas – purchased from

William Ward of Richmond, Surrey (2 Church

Terrace) by The Honble George Duncan on

October 3rd 1892 – The British Museum desired

to have this picture but G. D. had first choice –

Mr W. Ward was Mr Ruskin’s assistant at the

National Gallery when arranging the

Turners –

 

It is hard to believe that this watercolor, which does not appear to be finished, would have been a painting which Hunt would have exhibited. It may be a study for a more finished watercolor, much like the Huntington study of a Hod Carrier, 4, note 2 (2).

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