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Edward R Hughes (1851-1914)
A Witch dated
Watercolour and bodycolour with gold paint | 22.8 x 15.0 cm (sight) | RCIN 450134
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A watercolour depicting a naked woman, identified as a witch by the work's title, on a winged horse flying over the city of Florence at night. Signed and dated.
Hughes's uncle, Arthur (1832-1915), was very closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and executed a large body of paintings with medieval subject matter. Hughes himself modelled for Dante Gabriel Rossetti and worked as a studio assistant to William Holman HuntProvenance
Presented as part of the Coronation Gift to King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra from The Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours in 1902.
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Watercolour and bodycolour with gold paint
Measurements
22.8 x 15.0 cm (sight)
42.8 x 33.7 cm (frame, external)
