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Lobster, Crab and Cucumber William Henry Hunt

  • Details

    Artist/maker
    William Henry Hunt (1790 - 1864)
    Object type
    drawing
    Material and technique
    watercolour and bodycolour on paper
    Dimensions
    147 x 266 mm
    Inscription
    Recto, bottom right, in watercolour: W HUNT
    Provenance

    John Ruskin

    No. of items
    1
    Accession no.
    BIRMG.1891P32
  • Subject terms allocated by curators:

    Subjects

    animal

    crab (Brachyura)

    cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

    invertebrate

    lobster (Decapoda)

    plant

    still life

  • References in which this object is cited include:

    References

    Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Smith, Elder, 1871), cat. Educational no. 150

Location

    • Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery

Position in Ruskin’s Collection

Ruskin's Catalogues

Arts and Humanities Research Council

University of Oxford

The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art

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