Live Auction 9747Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours
William Henry Hunt, O.W.S. (London 1789-1864)
Lot 136

William Henry Hunt, O.W.S. (London 1789-1864)

Miss Moore sewing in her bedroom, Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire

Closed5 December 2013

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GBP 3,000

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William Henry Hunt, O.W.S. (London 1789-1864)
Miss Moore sewing in her bedroom, Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
signed 'W HUNT' (lower right)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour with gum arabic and with scratching out
11½ x 17½ in. (29.3 x 44.5 cm.)

Specialist note

The present drawing relates to A Bed Chamber, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester ( J. Witt, William Henry Hunt, Life and Work, London, 1982, p. 183, pl. 79). The sitter, Miss Moore, was one of Hunt's pupils who lived in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea.