Lot 81: William Holman Hunt (British, 1827-1910) View of Jaffa

William Holman Hunt
View of Jaffa
signed with monogram, inscribed and dated 'Jaffa May 22nd 55/Whh' (lower left)
pencil heightened with white
17.5 x 26cm (6 7/8 x 10 1/4in).

Footnotes

• Provenance
  By descent in the artist's family to Mrs Elisabeth Burt who loaned it to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1965-85.
  Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 10 October 1985, no.38.
  Purchased from the above sale by the Fine Art Society, London.
  Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 7 June 1996, no.544.
  Purchased by current owner from the above sale.
  
  Exhibited
  Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, William Holman Hunt, Mar-Apr 1969, no.168.
  
  Literature
  Judith Bronkhurst, William Holman Hunt: A Catalogue Raisonne, Vol. II, London, 2006, no. D123, p. 73.