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William Henry Hunt Watercolour ‘ Boy at the Window’
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William Henry Hunt Watercolour ‘ Boy at the Window’

19th century
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William Henry Hunt OWS 1780-1864.Painter and watercolourist of fruit and flowers,rustic genre and landscapes.Sometimes referred to as ‘ Birds ‘ Nest Hunt’ or ‘ Hedgerow Hunt’.Hunts works influenced many Victorian painters,as well as watercolourists.After an apprenticeship with John Varley.In 1807 he began to exhibit oils at the RA; in 1808 entered RA Schools.Elected ARWS 1824,RWS 1826.His early work mostly landscapes,rustic genre or architectural studies much influenced by Varley.About 1827 he began to paint fruit and flowers,and candlelight scenes.His technique also changed .Using body colour he developed an individual method if hatching and stippling over a white ground similar to that of Birket Foster. ‘ Boy at Window’ signed watercolour,image size11x8.5 cms,framed size 28x24 cms.Modern giltwood frame with Tru Vue Museum Glass.

Physical Dimensions
Height
28cm (11.02")
Width
24cm (9.45")
Depth
2cm (0.79")
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Graham Reed Fine Art has dated this Victorian Watercolour Portrait Painting to the 19th Century.

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William Henry Hunt OWS 1780-1864.Painter and watercolourist of fruit and flowers,rustic genre and landscapes.Sometimes referred to as ‘ Birds ‘ Nest Hunt’ or ‘ Hedgerow Hunt’.Hunts works influenced many Victorian painters,as well as watercolourists.After an apprenticeship with John Varley.In 1807 he began to exhibit oils at the RA; in 1808 entered RA Schools.Elected ARWS 1824,RWS 1826.His early work mostly landscapes,rustic genre or architectural studies much influenced by Varley.About 1827 he began to paint fruit and flowers,and candlelight scenes.His technique also changed .
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Using body colour he developed an individual method if hatching and stippling over a white ground similar to that of Birket Foster.
Graham Reed Fine Art

‘ Boy at Window’ signed watercolour,image size11x8.5 cms,framed size 28x24 cms.Modern giltwood frame with Tru Vue Museum Glass.

Height
28cm (11.02")
Width
24cm (9.45")
Depth
2cm (0.79")
Date of Manufacture

Graham Reed Fine Art has dated this Victorian Watercolour Portrait Painting to the 19th Century.

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SA1066451
Graham Reed Fine Art
Graham Reed Fine Art
Sellingantiques verified Since Jun 2017

Previously I worked in london as a chartered surveyor and have been dealing in paintings for nearly thirty years.

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Archive I A Victorian watercolour portrait depicting a young blonde boy in a smocked tunic leaning his hand against a doorway frame.

WILLIAM HENRY HUNT WATERCOLOUR ‘ BOY AT THE WINDOW’

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A Victorian watercolour portrait depicting a young blonde boy in a smocked tunic leaning his hand against a doorway frame.
WILLIAM HENRY HUNT WATERCOLOUR ‘ BOY AT THE WINDOW’
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A Victorian watercolour portrait depicting a young blonde boy in a smocked tunic leaning his hand against a doorway frame.
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During the Victorian era, British watercolour artists focused on naturalistic detail, genre subjects, and expressive light rendering. Artists such as William Henry Hunt pioneered techniques utilising bodycolour and fine stippling to achieve depth and atmospheric texture.

Artists primarily worked on handmade cotton or linen rag paper, applying natural mineral and botanical pigments mixed with water and gum arabic. Opaque watercolour or Chinese white was frequently added to create heightened highlights and textural contrast.

Authentic period watercolours often display age-appropriate paper oxidation, minor foxing, and period-correct artist signatures. Inspection under magnification reveals woven paper fibres, historical pigment characteristics, and hand-applied layering.

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