The Escape of a Heretic - Sketch of the Girl and her Lover
1857
Accession number: 1906P562
Pencil on paper.
Width: 180 mm
Height: 273 mm
Information
This work is a study for the painting The Escape of a Heretic, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1857. The main study depicts the figures of the girl and her lover. There are a further six studies on the reverse of the work.
- Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1906.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | John Everett Millais | - |
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. 270. |
| John Everett Millais: Illustrator and Narrator | |||
| Paul Goldman | 2004 | Lund Humphries, Aldershot | B113 |
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