Portrait of a seated Girl in red Shoes
Portrait of a seated Girl in red Shoes
Portrait of a seated Girl in red Shoes Watercolour over pencil heighted with touches of white16.5 by 10.8 cm., 6 ¾ by 4 ¼ in.Provenance: Given by the artist, along with other watercolours, to his housekeeper; by whom given to Jane Bishop (d. 1952), and by descentHunt's daughter, Emma, was born in either 1831 or 1832 and she appears as the model in several watercolours by the artist, possibly including the present work. The soft brushstrokes add to the sense of intimacy of the scene.){kind=link}
William Henry Hunt O.W.S. (1790-1864)
Portrait of a seated Girl in red Shoes
Watercolour over pencil heighted with touches of white
16.5 by 10.8 cm., 6 ¾ by 4 ¼ in.
Provenance:
Given by the artist, along with other watercolours, to his housekeeper;
by whom given to Jane Bishop (d. 1952), and by descent
Hunt's daughter, Emma, was born in either 1831 or 1832 and she appears as the model in several watercolours by the artist, possibly including the present work. The soft brushstrokes add to the sense of intimacy of the scene.