LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pen and brown ink on paper

Measurements:

4.25 in. (10.80 cm.) (height) by 5.24 in. (13.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

one with erased inscription; one with unidentified fragmentary watermark

Exhibited:

ii) London, Millbank, National Gallery, 1923, part of no. 154. Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, William Holman Hunt, March 1969, no. 192.

Literature:

i) J. Bronkhurst, William Holman Hunt, a catalogue raisonné, New Haven and London, 2006, vol. II, p. 253, no. P449. ii) Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, William Holman Hunt, March 1969, p. 82. J. Bronkhurst, William Holman Hunt, a catalogue raisonné, New Haven and London, 2006, vol. II, p. 91, no. D163.

Provenance:

i) 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. ii) The artist, and by descent to Mrs Elisabeth Burt; Sotheby’s, Belgravia, 9 July 1974, part of lot 35. with S. & K. Morris, Stratford-upon-Avon, where purchased by R.D. Franklin, 16 June 1976, until 10 April 1993 when purchased by the present owner.