William Henry Hunt, O.W.S. (1790-1864)

Reading the League

细节

William Henry Hunt, O.W.S. (1790-1864)
Reading the League
signed 'W. HUNT' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour with scratching out
16½ x 10¾in. (41.9 x 27.3cm.)

来源

Lewis Pocock, 1844
James Fallowes, 1857-1862.
Thomas Johnson, 1873-1887.
Charles Woodbridge; Christie's London, 28 Nov. 1924, lot 26 (16gns. to Robertson).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 12 Nov. 1966, lot 300 (75 to A. Mathews).

展览

Manchester, Exhibition of Art Treasures, 1857, no.523 as 'Consulting the League'
London, International Exhibition, 1862, no.1053.
Leeds, Exhibition of Works of Art, 1868, no.2238.
London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of the Works of the Old Masters, 1873, no.353 .
Manchester, Old Trafford, Royal Jubilee Exhibition, 1887. no.1740.

刻印

Hunt's Comic Sketches, 1844, pl.XIV, as 'The Corn Question, -- or the Puzzled Politician'.

拍品专文

This watercolour has been dated to circa 1840-1842.
The Anti Corn Law League was founded in Manchester and grew under the leadership of Richard Cobden, who together with John Bright influenced the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846.
We are grateful to Craig Englund for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.