Dimensions: support: 87 x 113 mm
Copyright: CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: This untitled sketch, by William Henry Hunt, features boats and figures in pencil. It feels so fleeting, like a memory sketched on the spot. What do you make of this seemingly casual composition? Curator: It's interesting, isn't it? Hunt seems less interested in precise detail and more focused on capturing the essence of a moment, a feeling. The figures, almost caricatures, juxtaposed with the boats suggest a narrative, a story whispered in charcoal. It's as if Hunt wants us to fill in the blanks, to imagine the salty air and the creak of the masts. Perhaps he is trying to tell us, in his intuitive scrawls, that it's not just about how something looks but about how it *feels*. Editor: I see what you mean. It's less about documentation and more about an impression. Thanks! Curator: Exactly! And that makes all the difference.