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WILLIAM HOLMAN HUNT, O.M., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1827-1910)
Twenty five drawings: 'The Hireling Shepherd': study of a woman's head; Studies for the headpiece to 'The Beggar Maid'; The Wife's Death: study for the illustration to 'At Night'; 'Isabella and the Pot of Basil': copy after Luca della Robbia's 'Boys Singing from a Scroll'; 'The Triumph of the Innocents': design for the frame of the Walker painting; 'May Morning on Magdalen Tower': studies of ornamental borders relating to the frame of the large version; 'Christ and the Two Marys': life study for the figure of Christ; Half-length study of a man in profile to the right; Man with banjo cowering before a policeman; Nude male in profile to the right; Classical drapery study; Christ enthroned, flanked by four figures in togas; Study of ornamented stonework, probably in Cairo; Study of two capitals and stylised leaf motif; Study of the entrance of a house on the Nile, Damietta; Bearded head (? of Christ) in profile to the left; Head and shoulders of an angel, hands crossed over chest; Male nude on a horse, looking backwards; Six studies of a woman and studies of foliated ornament; A seated woman reading; Studies of architectural details for use as roundels; Dove and bearded head in profile to the right; Copy of Byzantine roundel; 'Tanhauser passing his armour'; and Sections of Chambers from the catacomb of St Marcellino and Pietro, Rome
fourteen pencil, one pencil and black chalk, nine pen and ink, one pen and ink, heightened with white, all on paper
1078 x 1012 in.; and smaller; and four engravings

Provenance
all: The artist, and by descent to
Gladys Holman Hunt, by whom given to
Charles Stanley Pollitt, 1947, and by descent to his daughter
Diana Coelho, 1965.
with David Carritt, London, 1972.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 18 November 1980, part of lot 72, where purchased for the present collection.
Literature
Bronkhurst, nos. D56, D168, D188, D250, D328, D375, D384, P447, P451, P452, P454, P457, P458, P460, P462, P463, P465, P471, P474, P475, P476, P479, P480, P484, P491.
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