William Henry Hunt, (and H. Skidmore), 1790–1864, British
Title:
A Black Boy
Date:
ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 x 4 1/8 inches (15.9 x 10.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed in brown ink, lower right: "W. HUNT. | H. Skidmore."; not dated
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.583
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sitting | figure study | education | coat | studying | chalkboard | children | chalk sticks | boy | jug | boots | thoughtful
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Hugh Honour, The Image of the Black in Western Art Vol. 4 From the American Revolution to World War I, Part 2 Black Models and White Myths , vol. 4, part 2, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012, p. 256, note 53, N8232 .I42 2010 vol. 4:2 + OVERSIZE (YCBA) Citations are to Volume 4, Part 2