General
General
Object Auto ID
57288
Alternate Codes
objectautoid_sahrisv1_78968
Common Name
A Ballad for Oriana
Classified Name
Drawing
Drawing
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

Rough drawing of a man in a horned helmet kissing a dead younger woman, presumably Oriana, lying in state on top of a sarcophagus. Shows different layers/stages of drawing. Rough landscape in the background

Provenance

Bought in 1912 by Henry Tonks and presented by Sir Sigismund Neumann the same year, stored at the Tate and arried in South Africa in 1916

Owner
Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG)
Description
Material Types
Paper
Technique Types
Drawing
Colours
pen and ink
pencil
chalk
Inscriptions
"W.H.H' in pencil, in the lower right corner
Measurement Type Unit Value
Length
cm
9.40
Height
cm
10.50
Dimension Comments
10,5 x 9,4 cm
History
Object Age
1856
Maker
William Holman Hunt
Production Place
UK (assumed)
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
x y z
Media
JAG182 Hunt Ballad AF.pdf (165.91 KB)
JAG182 Hunt Ballad Oriana CC.pdf (53.93 KB)
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