Nothing Like going out of Town if you want to sleep
1850 – 1890
Accession number: 1906P666
Pen and ink over pencil on pale blue paper.
Width: 182 mm
Height: 223 mm
Information
- Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1906.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | John Everett Millais | - |
Inscriptions
| Type | Position(s) | Method | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nothing like going out of town if you want to sleep / The N.C soliloquises "Now I would ask anybody if this is not too much - I come down to this remote spot in search of quiet nights. It is now five o'clock a.m. and every half hour since Midnight has that infernal animal disturbed me just as I was dropping off.'(Sound from without) 'Uur Eugh, Uhr Eugh gh gh gh' | ||||
| Text | - | Handwritten | - | Ink |
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. |
| John Everett Millais: Illustrator and Narrator | |||
| Paul Goldman | 2004 | Lund Humphries, Aldershot | B76 |
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