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Stable boy

Maker

(artist)
1790-1864

Title

Stable boy

Date of Production

1815

Medium

graphite, watercolour on textured light brown wove paper with scratching out

Dimensions

Height: 27.7 cm
Width: 18.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1982.JW.7

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), L.646a, November 1971; John Witt Bequest via the Art Fund 1982

Literature

John Witt, William Henry Hunt (1790-1864): Life and Work, with a catalogue (London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1982)
no. 540

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Signature: Recto: lower left, brown watercolour, signed and dated: "W. HUNT 1815".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir John Witt (L.646a).

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