A Brown Study
Watercolour
ca. 1840 (made)
ca. 1840 (made)
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William Henry Hunt, who is better known for his landscape paintings and watercolours, took up figurative painting after 1824 depicting subjects that are often humorous or sentimental in nature. He also made several portraits of black people, but few of the sitters have been identified.
This model appears in another watercolour by the artist (V&A, FA. 339) in which he wears the same jacket.
This model appears in another watercolour by the artist (V&A, FA. 339) in which he wears the same jacket.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour |
| Brief description | Watercolour entitled 'A Brown Study', or 'Portrait of a Black Boy with a Slate' by William Henry Hunt. Great Britain, ca. 1840. |
| Physical description | Watercolour of a seated boy holding a blackboard slate with chalk writing upon it. He has an air of pensive studiousness. There is a large brown jug at his feet. |
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| Credit line | Ellison Gift |
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| Summary | William Henry Hunt, who is better known for his landscape paintings and watercolours, took up figurative painting after 1824 depicting subjects that are often humorous or sentimental in nature. He also made several portraits of black people, but few of the sitters have been identified. This model appears in another watercolour by the artist (V&A, FA. 339) in which he wears the same jacket. |
| Bibliographic reference | Marsh, Jan (ed.), Black Victorians: Black People in British Art 1800-1900, London: Lund Humphries, 2005. |
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| Accession number | FA.526 |
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| Record created | May 22, 2006 |
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