LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pencil heightened with white

Measurements:

6.89 in. (17.50 cm.) (height) by 10.24 in. (26.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with monogram, inscribed and dated 'Jaffa May 22nd 55/Whh' (lower left)

Exhibited:

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, William Holman Hunt, Mar-Apr 1969, no.168

Literature:

Judith Bronkhurst, William Holman Hunt: A Catalogue Raisonne, Vol. II, London, 2006, no. D123, p. 73

Provenance:

By descent in the artist's family to Mrs Elisabeth Burt who loaned it to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1965-85.,Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 10 October 1985, no.38.,Purchased from the above sale by the Fine Art Society, London.,Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 7 June 1996, no.544.,Purchased by current owner from the above sale