1859
oil on canvas
Here there is a highlighted contrast between the young rich boy (still in a frock) and the tinker's lad in stout boots and working clothes who leads the donkey and has no time to play hoopla. Although painted in 1859, the rich clothes are those of the 1840's, Crinoline becoming fashionable from about 1856.
Charles Hunt was born 1803 and died November 15, 1877. Hunt was a well-known British artist who painted genre scenes. He frequently exhibited at private galleries until1846. It was not until he was sixty years old that he presented paintings to the Royal Academy of London. During the following years, he painted humorous compositions with children playing Shakespeare.
4 comments:
Thank you Phillip...I enjoy Charles Hunt work, especially the children. I love the little girl with the doll you sent me. I like this slightly out of proportion painting, her somewhat large head with mischievous eyes. Reminds me of the two dimentional paintings of the renaissance period.
Looking at it now Marta, those rich people could almost be dolls - wonder if that was deliberate. It was an artistic family, though the others seem to have preferred farm animals.
Hello, Im afraid I know very little about paintings, however we have a painting thats been in the family around 100 years possibly more. I am not sure if its an original or a copy. It is signed by Cha Hunt and dated 1883 It is called "Unwilling to School", can anybody please help us find out more.
Hi,
it sounds like a print but I can't find the original andyou might be lucky as he was a very prolific painter.
http://www.haynesfineart.com/artists/charles-hunt-uk.htm
I'm afraid you need to take it to a gallery or auction house to be sure
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