Girl looking in a mirror by lamplight
Maker
(artist)
1790-1864
1790-1864
Title
Girl looking in a mirror by lamplight
Date of Production
1827
Medium
graphite, watercolour, green bodycolour and scratching out on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 27.5 cm
Width: 18.6 cm
Width: 18.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1982.JW.13
Mode of Acquisition
John Witt, Art Fund bequest & grant aid, 1982
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Cyril Fry, London (1918-2010); purchased from him by Sir John Witt, London (1907-1982), October 1973; John Witt Bequest via the Art Fund 1982
Exhibition History
William Henry Hunt, 1790-1864, Wolverhampton, 02/05/1981-30/05/1981
Literature
John Witt, William Henry Hunt (1790-1864): Life and Work, with a catalogue (London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1982)
no. 548 (or 549?)
William Henry Hunt 1790-1864, Central Art Gallery, Wolverhampton; Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston; Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, 1981
no. 84
no. 548 (or 549?)
William Henry Hunt 1790-1864, Central Art Gallery, Wolverhampton; Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston; Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, 1981
no. 84
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown watercolour, difficult to see on brown background, signed: "W HUNT". Verso: upper left edge, graphite: "No7 DL"; centre, graphite, very large: "43".
Label: Backboard (removed, recorded in 1987 conservation notes): "JCN Book Cat No. 549 & 1894"; "WIH 84".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown watercolour, difficult to see on brown background, signed: "W HUNT". Verso: upper left edge, graphite: "No7 DL"; centre, graphite, very large: "43".
Label: Backboard (removed, recorded in 1987 conservation notes): "JCN Book Cat No. 549 & 1894"; "WIH 84".
Collector's mark: none.
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