899 - WILLIAM HENRY HUNT OWS, ARWS, RWS (1790-1864) DIFFIDENCE, THE SHY SITTER Signed Watercolour (oval mount) Provenance: With Heather Newman, Gloucestershire (label verso) Exhibited: Possibly the original work exhibited at the 1854 Spring Exhibition at the Society of Painters in Water-Colours (as 'Diffidence') and at the 1855 Universal Exhibition in Paris as 'Timidité' 26cm x 20cm (oval mount)

Starting price

£450 (€539)

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Estimation

£500 - 700 (€590 - 840)

Sale fees

30%

WILLIAM HENRY HUNT OWS, ARWS, RWS (1790-1864) DIFFIDENCE, THE SHY SITTER Signed Watercolour (oval mount) Provenance: With Heather Newman, Gloucestershire (label verso) Exhibited: Possibly the original work exhibited at the 1854 Spring Exhibition at the Society of Painters in Water-Colours (as 'Diffidence') and at the 1855 Universal Exhibition in Paris as 'Timidité' 26cm x 20cm (oval mount)

Auction details

Day 2 - Fine Art & Antiques

Thursday, November 19

10:30 AM

Ripon Business Park Charter Road

HG4 1AJ Ripon, United Kingdom

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