The Orphan

Details

Walter Hunt (1861-1941)
The Orphan
signed and dated 'W. Hunt 1887' (lower left), and signed and incsribed 'No. 1 The Orphan/Walter Hunt, Granvill Rd./Wandsworth.' (on a label on the reverse)
oil on canvas
40 x 66½ in. (101.6 x 169 cm.)

Provenance

Anon. sale; Sotheby's, Belgravia, 16 November 1976, lot 187 (£2,800). Anon. sale; Sotheby's, Belgravia, 20 October 1981, lot 135 (£9,900).

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1887, no. 176.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Walter Hunt came from a family of artists and was apprenticed to his father Charles Hunt, a genre painter. He sent his first exhibit to the Royal Academy in 1881 and during his life submitted a total of 28 compositions to the institution.

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