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Lot 151 |Property of a Pre-Raphaelite Collector (lots 133-136, 151-152, and 167-169)
William Holman Hunt, O.M., R.W.S. (1827-1910)
The Synagogue; The Sheik, Engedi; and The road going up from Gihon and Hinnom
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William Holman Hunt, O.M., R.W.S. (1827-1910)
The Synagogue; The Sheik, Engedi; and The road going up from Gihon and Hinnom
the first inscribed 'Synagogue illustration 1854' (lower edge); the second with signature 'W.H.H. (lower left); and the third signed with initials and dated '54' (lower left)
the first pen and brown ink on paper; the others pencil on paper
10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm.); 5 x 4 5/8 in. (12.7 x 11.8 cm.); 5 ½ x 8 7/8 in. (14 x 22.6 cm.); and a set of pipes bought from the shepherd boy in 1854 when making the drawing The road going up from Gihon and Hinnom
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The Synagogue; The Sheik, Engedi; and The road going up from Gihon and Hinnom
the first inscribed 'Synagogue illustration 1854' (lower edge); the second with signature 'W.H.H. (lower left); and the third signed with initials and dated '54' (lower left)
the first pen and brown ink on paper; the others pencil on paper
10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm.); 5 x 4 5/8 in. (12.7 x 11.8 cm.); 5 ½ x 8 7/8 in. (14 x 22.6 cm.); and a set of pipes bought from the shepherd boy in 1854 when making the drawing The road going up from Gihon and Hinnom
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William Holman Hunt, O.M., R.W.S. (1827-1910)
The Synagogue; The Sheik, Engedi; and The road going up from Gihon and Hinnom
the first inscribed 'Synagogue illustration 1854' (lower edge); the second with signature 'W.H.H. (lower left); and the third signed with initials and dated '54' (lower left)
the first pen and brown ink on paper; the others pencil on paper
10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm.); 5 x 4 5/8 in. (12.7 x 11.8 cm.); 5 ½ x 8 7/8 in. (14 x 22.6 cm.); and a set of pipes bought from the shepherd boy in 1854 when making the drawing The road going up from Gihon and Hinnom
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The Synagogue; The Sheik, Engedi; and The road going up from Gihon and Hinnom
the first inscribed 'Synagogue illustration 1854' (lower edge); the second with signature 'W.H.H. (lower left); and the third signed with initials and dated '54' (lower left)
the first pen and brown ink on paper; the others pencil on paper
10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm.); 5 x 4 5/8 in. (12.7 x 11.8 cm.); 5 ½ x 8 7/8 in. (14 x 22.6 cm.); and a set of pipes bought from the shepherd boy in 1854 when making the drawing The road going up from Gihon and Hinnom
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i) and ii) The artist, and by descent to his daughter, Gladys Joseph, by whom given to
Charles Stanley Pollitt, the artist's studio assistant, in 1947, and by descent to Diana Coelho, in 1965.
with David Carritt, 1972.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 18 November 1980, part of lot 72, where purchased by the present owner.
iii) The artist's wife, Edith Holman Hunt, by 1910, by whom given to
Sir Kenneth Raydon Swan, and by descent to his widow, Emily Louisa Swan, by 1973.
Trustees of Emily Louisa Swan; Sotheby's, Belgravia, 29 June 1976, lot 207.
with Piccadilly Gallery, London, 1976, no. 29, where purchased by
R.D. Franklin, 8 March 1979, by whom given to his son and daughter-in-law
Mr and Mrs R.M. Franklin, 1 March 1976, from whom purchased by the present owner in February 1993.
Charles Stanley Pollitt, the artist's studio assistant, in 1947, and by descent to Diana Coelho, in 1965.
with David Carritt, 1972.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 18 November 1980, part of lot 72, where purchased by the present owner.
iii) The artist's wife, Edith Holman Hunt, by 1910, by whom given to
Sir Kenneth Raydon Swan, and by descent to his widow, Emily Louisa Swan, by 1973.
Trustees of Emily Louisa Swan; Sotheby's, Belgravia, 29 June 1976, lot 207.
with Piccadilly Gallery, London, 1976, no. 29, where purchased by
R.D. Franklin, 8 March 1979, by whom given to his son and daughter-in-law
Mr and Mrs R.M. Franklin, 1 March 1976, from whom purchased by the present owner in February 1993.
i) W. Holman Hunt, Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, London, 1905, vol. I, pp. 297 and 410.
O.J.W. von Schleinitz, William Holman Hunt, Bielefeld and Leipzig, 1907, p. 47, pl. 44 (detail).
K.P. Bendiner, The Portrayal of the Middle East in British Painting, 1835-1860, Michigan, 1995, p. 242, n. 18.
J. Bronkhurst, William Holman Hunt, a catalogue raisonné, New Haven and London, 2006, vol. II, p. 70, no. D188.
ii) W. Beamont, A Diary of a Journey to the East, in the Autumn of 1854, 1856, II, pp. 81-2.
W. Holman Hunt, Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, London, 1905, vol. I, pp. 460, 461.
O.J.W. von Schleinitz, William Holman Hunt, Bielefeld and Leipzig, 1907, p. 50, pl. 48.
J. Bronkhurst, William Holman Hunt, a catalogue raisonné, New Haven and London, 2006, vol. II, p. 69, no. D116.
O.J.W. von Schleinitz, William Holman Hunt, Bielefeld and Leipzig, 1907, p. 47, pl. 44 (detail).
K.P. Bendiner, The Portrayal of the Middle East in British Painting, 1835-1860, Michigan, 1995, p. 242, n. 18.
J. Bronkhurst, William Holman Hunt, a catalogue raisonné, New Haven and London, 2006, vol. II, p. 70, no. D188.
ii) W. Beamont, A Diary of a Journey to the East, in the Autumn of 1854, 1856, II, pp. 81-2.
W. Holman Hunt, Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, London, 1905, vol. I, pp. 460, 461.
O.J.W. von Schleinitz, William Holman Hunt, Bielefeld and Leipzig, 1907, p. 50, pl. 48.
J. Bronkhurst, William Holman Hunt, a catalogue raisonné, New Haven and London, 2006, vol. II, p. 69, no. D116.
i) New Haven, Yale Center for British Art, London, Tate Britain, Istanbul, Suna and Inan Kirac Foundation Pera Museum, and UAE, Sharjah Art Museum, The Lure of the East: British Orientalist Painting, 2008-2009, various numbers.
iii) London, National Gallery, 1923, no. 296.
Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, William Holman Hunt, 1969, no. 161.
iii) London, National Gallery, 1923, no. 296.
Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, William Holman Hunt, 1969, no. 161.