c. 1845-50 (dated by Sir John Witt)
Jeavons collection Hammond Smith
Leicester Polytechnic, 200 years of British Water Colours, 1981, No 34 Wolverhampton, Cenral Art Gallery, William Henry Hunt 1790 - 1864, May 2-30, 1981, number 25 Preston, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, William Henry Hunt 1790-1864, June 13 - July 11, 1981, number 25 Hastings, Museum and Art Gallery, William Henry Hunt 1790 - 1864, August 15 - September 13, 1981, number 25 Peking, The British Council, British Drawings and Watercolours for China, 1982, number 55 Shenyang, The British Council, British Drawings and Watercolours for China, 1982, number 55 Hong Kong, The British Council, British Drawings and Watercolours for China, 1982, number 55 Edinburgh, The British Council, British Drawings and Watercolours for China, The Edinburgh Festival, August - September 1982, number 55
John Ruskin, Notes by Mr. Ruskin on SAMUEL PROUT & WILLIAM HUNT illustrated by A Loan Collection of Drawings Exhibited at The Fine Art Society's Galleries 148 New Bond Street 1879-80, 1879, published in John Ruskin, Works, Volume XIV, pages 373-384 and 440-454. Republished, John Ruskin, Ruskin on Pictures, volume II, Academy Notes, Notes on Prout and Hunt, George Allen, London, 1902, pages 271-350 John Witt, William Henry Hunt 1790-1864, Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1982, pages 203 catalogue no 638 William Feaver, Turner goes to Peking, The Observer, 4th April 1982: Judging by the crush, the most popular work is a piece of acute verisimilitude by William Henry Hunt: a fallen bird's nest among primroses. Christopher Andreae, Fruits of Labour, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 December 1982, page 20, (reproduced)