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SOLD Walter Hunt Oil over Canvas (1861-1941)
Walter Hunt Oil over Canvas (1861-1941). Humorous kitchen scene, simply charming. Large signed & dated 1880 by this famous English artist. Walter the brother of Edgar Hunt, brothers famed for their incredible attention to detail and charming farmyard animal scenes. Hunts are collected worldwide. Master painters some with humorous connotations, this being one of those. This work depicts two children, one firing a bow and arrow at an apple placed on the head of their slightly concerned but ever trusting pet dog.
A large work which is in lovely condition and has an old insurance valuation from 1993 for £8,000.00 GBP.
Title: “William Tell” Signature: Signed lower left & dated 1880
Provenance: Frost & Reed – London
Size: 18″ x 24″. Framed 22″ x 28″
Condition: Very good – lined and cleaned by Frost & Reed – ready to hang
Walter Hunt trained under his father, the genre painter Charles Hunt. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1881 to 1910.
Museum and Gallery Holdings
London (Tate Collection): The Dog in the Manger (1885, oil on canvas)
Sunderland: Babes in the Wood
Wolverhampton (AG and Mus.): Girl with Two Calves (oil on canvas)
WALTER HUNT (BRITISH, 1861 – 1941)PRICE SOLD $ 14,588 USD € 11,588 EUR £ 8,000 GBP +20%BP ORIGINAL CURRENCY OF SALE £ 8,000 GBP Hammer + 20%BP ESTIMATE £ 8,000 – 12,000 GBP JUNE 2006 London
WALTER HUNT (BRITISH, 1861 – 1941)PRICE SOLD $ 6,651 USD € 5,273 EUR £ 3,600 GBP +20%BP ORIGINAL CURRENCY OF SALE £ 3,600 GBP Hammer + 20%BP ESTIMATE £ 3,000 – 5,000 GBP JUNE 2006 England
WALTER HUNT (BRITISH, 1861 – 1941)PRICE SOLD $ 88,370 USD € 74,104 EUR £ 50,000 GBP + 20%BP ORIGINAL CURRENCY OF SALE £ 50,000 GBP Hammer +20%BP ESTIMATE
£ 15,000 – 20,000 GBP DECEMBER 2005 London
Estimate: £3,000 – £4,000
Description: Walter Hunt (British, 1860-1941) Don’t You Dare oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left ‘W Hunt