Lot 36
Charles Hunt (1803-1877)
Lot 36 Details
Charles Hunt (1803-1877), British
THE POOR MOUSE'S PETITION NO. I; THE POOR MOUSE'S PETITION NO. 2, 1870
pair of oils on canvas
each signed "Chas Hunt," titled with a poetic passage inscribed in black ink verso and dated indistinctly 1870 lower right
each 10.25 x 12.1 in — 26 x 30.5 cm; Framed 16.4 x 18.4 in — 41.7 x 46.7 cm
Estimate $700-$1,000
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Provenance:
Waddington's Auctions, Toronto, ON, Wednesday, June 15, 2005, Lot no. 1126;
Private Collection, Ontario
Note:
Anna Laetitia Barbauld published the poem called “The Mouse’s Petition” in 1773. The poem was written from the point of view of a mouse who had been captured in the home of Barbauld’s friend, the natural philosopher, Joseph Priestley.