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The sketch is for Millais' oil painting of the same name (1853; Tate). In this sketch Anne Ryan is the model for the female character but for the final painting Effie Ruskin modelled.
- Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1906.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
Association |
Artist |
Organisation |
Artist |
John Everett Millais |
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Inscriptions
Type |
Position(s) |
Method |
Date(s) |
Notes |
The Ransom |
Title |
below image |
Written |
- |
In pen and ink |
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Exhibitions
Catalogue No. |
Venue |
Date(s) |
Millais, PRB, PRA |
285 |
Royal Academy, London |
1967-01-14 - 1967-03-051967-01-011967-03-05 |
285 |
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
1967-03-15 - 1967-04-30 |
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Literature
Author(s) |
Date(s) |
Publisher |
Pages |
The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais |
John Guille Millais |
1899 |
Methuen, London |
vol. 1, p. 169. |
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City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings |
A E Whitley |
1939 |
Bemrose & Sons Ltd, Derby |
p. 269. |
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Millais, PRB, PRA |
Mary Bennett |
1967 |
Royal Academy of Arts, London |
p. 81. |
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John Everett Millais: Illustrator and Narrator |
Paul Goldman |
2004 |
Lund Humphries, Aldershot |
B37 |
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The Drawings of John Everett Millais |
Malcolm Warner |
1979 |
Arts Council of Great Britain, London |
p. 29. |
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