Vente aux enchères en direct 7397British Art on Paper
William Holman Hunt, A.R.S.A., R.S.W., H.R.W.S. (1827-1910)
Lot 95

William Holman Hunt, A.R.S.A., R.S.W., H.R.W.S. (1827-1910)

The Mosque al -'Abbasi, near Damietta, Egypt

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William Holman Hunt, A.R.S.A., R.S.W., H.R.W.S. (1827-1910)
The Mosque al -'Abbasi, near Damietta, Egypt
inscribed 'Ruined Mosque near Damietta' (lower left)
pencil, heightened with white, on grey prepared paper
2¾ x 8¾ in. (7 x 22.3 cm.)

The artist's family, and by descent to;
Mrs Elisabeth Burt; Sotheby's, London, 10 October 1985, as part of lot 20.
with The Piccadilly Gallery, London, 1999, from whom purchased by the present owner.

Note du spécialiste

Hunt visited the city of Damietta, in northern Egypt, in May 1854, on his way to Jaffa in the company of Thomas Seddon (1821-1856). Hunt drew two studies of houses in the city, intrigued by the way they opened out onto the water of the harbour (Bronkhurst, op. cit., nos. D97 & D98). Bronkhurst has identified the subject as the Mosque al-'Abbasi, to the west of the city, a building which was in disrepair when Hunt drew it, but has now been rebuilt.