William Henry Hunt

Inscriptionback to top

Signed (bottom right): W Hunt

This portraitback to top

There is an extract from an old printed catalogue mounted with this portrait: '... 50 A miniature Portrait of the Artist; oils, an/admirable likeness 4 by 5'. This presumably refers to the exhibition or sale where the donor acquired the portrait.

Physical descriptionback to top

Healthy complexion, brown eyes, grey hair and whiskers. Dressed in a white shirt, dark stock and loose brown coat. Background colour dark brown.

Provenanceback to top

The Earl of Leven and Melville, presented by him, 1887.

Exhibitionsback to top

Ruskin and his Circle, Arts Council, London, 1964 (251).


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.

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