The Festival of St Swithin (The Dovecot)

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The composition was designed by Holman Hunt for his sister Emily to paint. They began work in 1865 but she gave up and Hunt completed it himself in the following year. In his own view, it was the most highly finished picture he had ever painted: he had even bought the pigeons, all different, and the dovecot.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Oxford

Title

The Festival of St Swithin (The Dovecot)

Date

1865–1866

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 73 x W 91 cm

Accession number

WA1894.5

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Martha Combe (née Edwards), 1893

Work type

Painting

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