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William Henry Hunt, (and H. Skidmore), 1790–1864, British, A Black Boy, ca. 1835
- Title:
A Black Boy
- Date:
- ca. 1835
- Medium:
- Watercolor and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 1/4 x 4 1/8 inches (15.9 x 10.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed in brown ink, lower right: "W. HUNT. | H. Skidmore."; not dated
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.583
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- boots | boy | chalk sticks | chalkboard | children | coat | education | figure study | jug | sitting | studying | thoughtful
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10895
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Hugh Honour, The Image of the Black in Western Art Vol. 4 From the American Revolution to World War I, Part 2 Black Models and White Myths , vol. 4, part 2, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012, p. 256, note 53, N8232 .I42 2010 vol. 4:2 + OVERSIZE (YCBA) Citations are to Volume 4, Part 2 [YCBA]
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