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The Pre-Raphaelite watercolourist G. P. Boyce, who bought this drawing at an auction sale in 1886, wrote on the back of the work that the sitter might be a Miss Gregson. Subsequent studies, however, have suggested that the sitter might be Miss Ryan, the professional model who sat to Millais in 1852 for The Hugenot.
- Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1906.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
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Artist |
Organisation |
Artist |
John Everett Millais |
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Inscriptions
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Date(s) |
Notes |
Study of a girl's head (Miss Gregson?) by John Everett Millais R.A / pencil on cardboard 8 3/8 x 7" / The property of George P. Boyce who bought it / at Christie and Manson's - Janry 15th 1866 for 24/- (written by G. P. Boyce) [in a different hand]. |
Inscription |
below image |
Handwritten |
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Exhibitions
Catalogue No. |
Venue |
Date(s) |
Paintings and Drawings by the Pre-Raphaelites and their Followers |
79 |
Bournemouth Art Gallery |
1951-06-04 - 1951-08-07 |
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Millais, PRB, PRA |
279 |
Royal Academy of Arts, London |
1967-01-14 - 1967-03-05 |
279 |
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
1967-03-15 - 1967-04-30 |
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Portretul Engles |
19 |
Muzeul de arta al Republicii Socialiste Romania, Bucharest and Budapest |
1972-11 - 1973-01 |
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Pre-Raphaelite Art from Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
38 |
Hong Kong Museum of Art |
1984-10-19 - 1984-12-02 |
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Literature
Author(s) |
Date(s) |
Publisher |
Pages |
City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings |
A E Whitley |
1939 |
Bemrose & Sons, Ltd, Derby |
p. 281. |
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Millais, PRB, PRA |
Mary Bennett |
1967 |
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, and Royal Academy of Arts, London |
p. 80. |
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John Everett Millais: Illustrator and Narrator |
Paul Goldman |
2004 |
Lund Humphries, Aldershot |
B129 |
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