WILLIAM QUILLER ORCHARDSON (BRITISH, 1832-1910)

Study for Hard Hit
inscribed 'HARD HIT' (lower right)
charcoal on paper
80 x 115cm

Provenance
Purchased by the Grandfather of the present owner, thence by descent

Footnote
The final version of Hard Hit was owned by one Orchardson's most loyal patrons, Humphrey Roberts, whose collection included works by Turner, Constable and Millais, along with other major works by Orchardson. It was sold at Christies on 22nd May 1908 and, more recently at Sotheby's on 17th May 2011.