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Lot Description

William Holman Hunt

(British, 1827-1910)

The Raising of Jairus' Daughter, c. 1876

black chalk on blue paper

inscribed by Edith Holman Hunt with title (verso)

10 1/2 x 9 inches.

Provenance:
The Artist
By descent through the Artist's family to Hilary Holman Hunt
Sold: Christie's, London, August 3, 1945 (part lot 133)
Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., London, acquired at the above sale
H.C. Green, purchased from the above, August 8, 1945
Sold: Sotheby's, London, April 16, 1962, Lot 70
J.S. Maas & Co. Ltd., London, acquired at the above sale
Kenneth A. Lohf, New York, purchased from the above, July 4, 1963
Gifted to Paul Palmer, partner of the above, 2002
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited:
London, J.S. Maas & Co. Ltd., The Pre-Raphaelites and their Contemporaries, Drawings and Water-Colours: Second Exhibition, November 5 - 30, 1962, no. 43

Literature:
Judith Bronkhurst, William Holman Hunt, a catalogue raisonné, New Haven and London, 2006, vol. 2, p. 159, no. D314, illus.

Condition Report

Framed: 18 x 16 1/4 inches.

Uneven toning to paper with yellowing within mat opening; some waving to sheet; adhesive residue and paper residue from previous mounting at corners and edges on recto and verso; hinged in upper corners with Japanese paper; sheet apparently cut down from larger size.

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