William Henry Hunt OWS Young girl sleeping in a chair

Signed l.r.: W. HUNT, pencil, tiny sketches of figures and a list verso, on wove paper

12 x 8.4 cm.; 7 ¼ x 4 ¾ inches

Provenance: Cyril and Shirley Fry until 2021

Literature: J. Witt, 'William Henry Hunt (1790-1864)', 1982, no. 370

Exhibited: 'Hunt Exhibition Fry Collection', 1967, no. 17 (1)

This drawing dates from circa 1820. Hunt drew the same girl on another occasion in a similar pose (Rossetti Collection, J. Witt, ibid. no. 492).