Portrait of Leigh Hunt
Drawing
ca. 1825-50 (drawn)
ca. 1825-50 (drawn)
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Pencil drawing depicting the writer Leigh Hunt, full length, seated at a desk with his hands clasped in his lap. Inscribed with sitter's name.
Object details
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Title | Portrait of Leigh Hunt (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Drawing |
Brief description | Drawing by Daniel Maclise depicting a portrait of Leigh Hunt. Great Britain, ca. early 19th century. |
Physical description | Pencil drawing depicting the writer Leigh Hunt, full length, seated at a desk with his hands clasped in his lap. Inscribed with sitter's name. |
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Credit line | Forster Bequest |
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Bibliographic reference | Previously displayed in Mount 30 of a pillar stand of thirty frames, containing three hundred and ninety drawings and sketches in pencil, pen and ink, and colour - figures, landscapes, etc. There are also seven by other hands (aside from Maclise) - Calderon, T.S. Cooper, Cope, Herbert, and Landseer, all R.A., F. Danby, A.R.A., and G. Cattermole.
These drawings and sketches include the following celebrated persons, amongst whom were several more of the Gallery of Illustrious Literary Characters: C.J. Apperley, Sir Egerton Brydges, Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Lord Lytton), G. Cattermole, Sir Alexander Cockburn, Joshua Cristall, Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield), M. Faraday etc. |
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Accession number | F.88:396 |
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Record created | June 8, 2009 |
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