William Henry Hunt O.W.S. Pencil Study Of A Boy Blowing Soap Bubbles Circa.1840

William Henry Hunt O.W.S. Pencil Study Of A Boy Blowing Soap Bubbles Circa.1840

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William Henry Hunt O.W.S. 1790-1864. English School 19th.Century. Pencil study of a boy blowing soap bubbles. Signed lower right. Drawn on wove paper some slight time discolouration and foxing. Circa.1840.

15.2 by 23.7 cms.

Eminent English Watercolourist. Hunt was one of the key figures in nineteenth-century English watercolour painting. His work was extensively collected in his lifetime, particularly his genre pictures of children and his intimate portrait drawings, his detailed, naturalistic still lifes of fruit, flowers, and birds' nests earned him the nickname ‘Bird’s Nest’ Hunt. 

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