LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Pencil, blue and grey wash heightened with white

Measurements:

7.72 in. (19.60 cm.) (height) by 6.50 in. (16.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed with monogram and dated '1868' at l.r.

Exhibited:

London, Royal Academy, Works by the late Sir John Everett Millais, Bart., President of the Royal Academy, 1898, no. 213.,London, Royal Academy, Millais, 1967, no. 37.,St. Helier, Jersey Museum, Sir John Everett Millais, Bart., P.R.A. (1829-1896), an exhibition celebrating the 150th anniversary of Millais' birth, 20 August - 29 September, 1979, no. 45

Literature:

John Guille Millais, The life and letters of Sir John Everett Millais, Vol. II, London, 1899, p. 421 (illustrated p. 423).¹ John Guille Millais, The life and letters of Sir John Everett Millais, Vol. II, London, 1899, p. 421.,² Colette Colligan and Margaret Linely, Media, Technology and in the 19th Century: Image, Sound, Touch, 2011, p. 125.,³ John Guille Millais, The life and letters of Sir John Everett Millais, Vol. II, London, 1899, p. 421.,⁴ Ibid, p. 422

Provenance:

By descent through the artist's family