Watercolour on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/william-henry-hunt-286" aria-label="More by William Henry Hunt" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">William Henry Hunt</a>
Portrait a Bearded Man
Presented by Charles Fraser 1905
adults
beard
body
head / face
individuals: male
man
people
portraits
<p>Hunt developed a special technique for his figure subjects involving breaking up his washes into separate touches, which could be described as a kind of stippling. He also developed, as did Turner, the practice of scratching out points and lines to provide highlights on the paper, which he would either leave untouched or modify by dotting with watercolour. This work shows his stippling technique as well as knife scratching.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
26 May 2003 – 8 December 2003
2003-12-08
26 May 2003
2003-05-26
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2003-05-26
British Watercolours: Turner and his Contemporaries around 1840
Collection based display
Portrait Study of a Bearded Man
support: 235 × 203 mm
Presented by Charles Fraser 1905
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<span class="text14">Hunt</span><span class="text0"> developed a special      technique for </span><span class="text13">his figure subjects involving      breaking up his washes into separate touches, which </span><span class="text0">could be described as a kind of stippling. </span><span class="text13">He also developed, as did Turner, the practice of scratching out      points and </span><span class="text0">
lines to provide highlights on the      <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a>, which he would either leave untouched  </span><span class="text12">or      modify by dotting with <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a>.</span><span class="text0"> This      work shows his stippling technique as well as knife scratching. </span>
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adults beard body head / face individuals: male man people portraits