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William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864, British, Sophy Steadman Reading, ca. 1830
- Title:
Sophy Steadman Reading
- Date:
- ca. 1830
- Medium:
- Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches (19.7 x 11.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper center: "SOPHY"; lower center: "Sophy Steadman (related to Hunt) | Both from a family album"; in graphite, verso, lower center: "Sophy Steadman | Hunt family"
Signed in graphite, lower right: "W. HUNT"; not dated
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.827
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- book | dress | family | genre subject | girl | niece | portrait | posing | reading | resting | sitting | thoughtful
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10877
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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