In Tate Britain
Prints and Drawings Room
View by appointment- Artist
- William Henry Hunt 1790–1864
- Medium
- Graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 113 × 81 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996
- Reference
- T10313
Display caption
There is evidence to suggest that this is a portrait of John Linnell, with whom Hunt used to go sketching on the banks of the Thames. Alternatively, it may show a member of the Sol Club in London, where Hunt often sketched. Hunt uses the pencil freely and vigorously in this work, repeatedly going over the lines and changing angles as desired. His sensitive use of the medium is shown in the lightly-pencilled wisps of smoke.
Gallery label, August 2004
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