Sketch for an Unrealised / Unidentified Subject of Women sewing1850 Accession number: 1906P633 Pencil on paper. Width: 206 mm Height: 123 mm InformationThis sketch may illustrate Mary and her hand maidens in Rossetti's poem 'The Blessed Damozel'. The figure on the far right is for Millais' oil painting Mariana (1850-51, Tate). The figure on the far left of a woman folding a piece of cloth can be seen in several other sketches in Birmingham's collection. The work was previously thought to be a study for The Eve of the Deluge.
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