Watercolour. 13¼ by 19½ in.
In “Notes on Prout and Hunt” by Ruskin for an exhibition in 1879-80,
he says: “Hunt learned his business not in spots but in lines. Compare
the sketch of the river-side, No. 124, which is as powerful in lines
as Rembrandt, and the St. Martin’s Church, No. 123, which is like a
bit of Hogarth.” The view is along the colonnaded west front of the
church, and up St. Martin’s Lane, of which the part here shown no
longer exists. The bit of churchyard with tombstones disappeared on
the formation of Duncannon Street.
By W. HUNT (1790-1864).
_Lent by Mr. T. Girtin._