Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864, British
Title:
Barn Interior
Date:
1836
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache, with scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches (34.6 x 24.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower right: "Hunt. 707"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1986.29.425
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | equipment | sawdust | hammer | tools | barn | interior | rustic | workbench
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)

Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13)

Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30)

The Art of Seeing - John Ruskin and the Victorian Eye (Phoenix Art Museum, 1993-03-06 - 1993-09-15)
Publications:
Phoenix Art Museum, John Ruskin and the Victorian eye, Phoenix Art Museum, New York and Phoenix, 1993, p. 134, fig. 97, N7483 .R8 J64 1993

Yale Center for British Art, Great British watercolors : from the Paul Mellon Collection, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2007, pp. 156-57, no. 67, ND1928 .Y35 2007 (LC)+ Oversize (YCBA)
Gallery Label:
Hunt made a number of studies of rustic interiors: stables, barns, workshops, sheds, farm houses, and mills. In contrast to his usual minute rendering of detail, Hunt’s handling in this watercolor is particularly inventive, forming the image through broken patches and strokes of color, bold lighting, and liberal use of scratching out. Gallery label for Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2066