A Young Archer
A Young Archer
A Young ArcherSigned lower right: W. HUNTWatercolour and bodycolour over touches of pencil, heightened with scratching out38 by 27.7 cm., 15 by 10 ¾ in.Provenance: With The Fine Art Society, April 1969 (no. 9403)Exhibited: London, The Old Watercolour Society, 1840, no. 245The artist apparently had an easy manner with children and they clearly responded to him as is evidenced by the present watercolour. Hunt often used the same models over the years and with several of his child models, it is possible to see children grow into adulthood. The sitter in the present lively study is possibly the same sitter in several of Hunt's figure studies including cat nos. 10 and 14 in the present exhibition (see cat. 10 for a fuller discussion of `Hunt's Boys').){kind=link}
William Henry Hunt O.W.S. (1790-1864)
A Young Archer
Signed lower right: W. HUNT
Watercolour and bodycolour over touches of pencil, heightened with scratching out
38 by 27.7 cm., 15 by 10 ¾ in.
Provenance:
With The Fine Art Society, April 1969 (no. 9403)
Exhibited:
London, The Old Watercolour Society, 1840, no. 245
The artist apparently had an easy manner with children and they clearly responded to him as is evidenced by the present watercolour. Hunt often used the same models over the years and with several of his child models, it is possible to see children grow into adulthood. The sitter in the present lively study is possibly the same sitter in several of Hunt's figure studies including cat nos. 10 and 14 in the present exhibition (see cat. 10 for a fuller discussion of `Hunt's Boys').