Mary Walker Waugh

Cleveland Museum of Art

Mary Walker Waugh

William Holman HuntLinkedCulture matchlcp-a022cd44e11b

Date
1868
Medium
oil on fabric
Culture
England, 19th century
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
151969

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William Holman Hunt painted this portrait of Mary Walker Waugh (1805–1886)—his mother-in-law—during a time of personal tragedy. Waugh’s daughter Fanny Waugh Hunt (1832–1866), the wife of the artist, had recently died following childbirth. References to loss of life infiltrate the composition: the sitter wears black mourning attire, and behind her is a screen decorated with red poppies, a traditional symbol of unconsciousness and lifelessness because of its pharmaceutical use as a source for opiates. In Victorian society, the red poppy also signified consolation. British novelist Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966) once owned this portrait, which depicts his great aunt.

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Credit line
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Provenance
Mrs. Michael Joseph, the artist's daughter, [1876-1951], London, United Kingdom, by inheritance to her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Burt | 1951-1961: Mrs. Elizabeth Burt, London, United Kingdom consigned to Christie's for sale | 1961: (Christie's, London, United Kingdom, March 17, 1961, lot 70, sold to Evelyn Waugh) | 1961: Auberon Evelyn Waugh [1903-1966], London. United Kingdom | 1983: (Christie's, London, United Kingdom, March 18,1983, lot 73, sold to Julian Hartnoll) | 1983-1984: (Julian Hartnoll Gallery, London, United Kingdom, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1984-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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