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'The Abundance of Egypt' is catalogued as the second print to have been produced by Hunt. It was published in the portfolio 'Etchings for the Art Union of London by the Etching Club' in 1857. There is a pencil sketch of this subject executed in Gizeh in April 1854 which is in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, and which is turn is related to the painting of 'The Afterglow in Egypt', Southampton Art Gallery.

  • Purchased, 1972.
  • © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery

Makers

Association Artist Organisation
Artist William Holman Hunt -
Publisher - The Etching Club

Inscriptions

Type Position(s) Method Date(s) Notes
W holman hunt
- bottom left - -
 

Exhibitions

Catalogue No. Venue Date(s)
'Journeys' Gallery Trail
- BMAG G21 2008-04-30 - -
 

Literature

Author(s) Date(s) Publisher Pages
William Holman Hunt: A Catalogue Raisonne
Judith Bronkhurst 2006 Yale University Press, New Haven and London vol. 2, app. B2.

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