Lot Essay
This watercolour is typical of Hunt's still lifes in the early 1830s but appears to be the only time he painted a peony and one of the very few times he painted insects as part of a still life.
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Still life with fruit in a basket and a peony
Details
William Henry Hunt, O.W.S. (1790-1864)
Still life with fruit in a basket and a peony
signed and dated 'W.Hunt.1832' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour and with scratching out
9 x 14 in. (23.3 x 36.2 cm.)
Still life with fruit in a basket and a peony
signed and dated 'W.Hunt.1832' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour and with scratching out
9 x 14 in. (23.3 x 36.2 cm.)
Provenance
with Leggatt Brothers, London.
Charles Burton; Christie's London, 8 June 1945, lot 90 (6 gns. sold to Spencer).
with G.W. Bowden, London.
Charles Burton; Christie's London, 8 June 1945, lot 90 (6 gns. sold to Spencer).
with G.W. Bowden, London.