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Materials:
oil on canvas
Size Notes:
92 x 71
Description:
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Markings:
signed with monogram (lower right)
Exhibited:
London, Royal Academy, 1867. no. 65; London, Grosvenor Gallery,The Works of Sir John E. Millais, Bart., R.A., Winter 1886, no. 87 (lent by J. C. Harter); Manchester,Royal Jubilee Exhibition, 1887, no. 469 (lent by J. C. Harter); London, Royal Academy,Works by the Late Sir John Everett Millais, Bart., President of the Royal Academy, Winter 1898, no. 22 (lent by Charles J. Shaw); Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, and London, Royal Academy,Millais, PRB, PRA, 1967, no. 68 (lent by E.G. Millais)
Literature:
Times, 4 May 1867, p. 12; Athenaeum, no. 2063, 11 May 1867, p. 628 ; Art Journal, 1867, pp. 137-8; Philippe Burty, 'L'exhibition de l'Acadamie Royale de Londres',Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1st series, XXIII, July 1867, pp. 87-8 ; Johnstone Forbes-Robertson, 'Art at the Manchester Jubilee Exhibition',Magazine of Art, 1887 p. 283; Marion HarrySpielmann,Millais and his Works, London, 1898, pp. 38, 64, 81-2 (no. 22), 170 (no. 103), 179, 181, 182; Alfred Lys Baldry,Sir John Everett Millais: His Art and Influence, London, 1909, pp. 30, 50-1, illustrated facing p. 50; John GuilleMillais,The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais, London, 1899, vol. 1, pp. 392, 395, illustrated p. 393; vol. 2, pp. 6-8, 11, 473; Arthur Fish,John Everett Millais 1829-1896, London, 1923, pp. 140-1
Provenance:
Commissioned by Moore, McQueen & Co. on 28 September 1865 for 1,000 guineas - the commission was apparently taken over by Agnew's, who bought the picture from Millais on 9 July 1866, presumably for 1,000 guineas; Bought from Agnew's by James Collier Harter, The Cedars, Leamington; Their sale, Christie's London, 26 April 1890, lot 45 (1,400 gns. to Lucas); Charles J. Shaw, Thorn Bank, Leamington; Their sale, Christie's London, 18 June 1926, lot 100 (800 gns. to Sampson); Acquired before 1934 by Lady Stuart-Wortley (1862-1936); By descent to her daughter, The Hon. Clare Euphemia Stuart-Wortley (1889-1945); By descent to her cousin, Edward G. Millais, by whom sold Christie's London, 21 March 1969, lot 69 (9,000 gns. to Gooden & Fox for a Millais family trust); Their sale, Christies London, 10 June 1999, lot 27 ; Sale, Christie's London, 11 June 2003, lot 9; Purchased at the above sale by the present owner