Isabella - Head of Isabella and her brother with Caricature ' Study of old Woman at table and sleeping Dog
1848 – 1849
Accession number: 1906P651
Pencil on toned paper.
Width: 251 mm
Height: 354 mm
Information
The subject illustrates Keats' poem 'Isabella' or 'The Pot of Basil', derived from a story by Boccaccio.One of five studies in Birmingham's collection for the painting 'Lorenzo and Isabella' in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, exhibited at the Royal Academy, London in 1849.Goldman notes: 'It has been suggested that the central sketch caricatures Rossetti's drawing of 'A Parable of Love'. Also in the Birmingham collection.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. E. Millais | ||||
| Signature | bottom left | Handwritten | - | |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| English Pre-Raphaelite Exhibition | |||
| 75 | Tate Gallery, London | 1911 - 1911 | |
| Millais PRB, PRA | |||
| 231 | Royal Academy of Arts, London | 1967 - 1967 | |
| 231 | Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool | 1967 - 1967 | |
| Praraffeliten | |||
| - | Baden Baden Staatliche Kunsthalle | 1973-11-23 - 1974-05-05 | |
| - | Frankfurt , Stadelsche Kunstinstitut | 1973-11-23 - 1974-05-05 | |
| British Nineteenth Century Drawings and Watercolours (from the Birmingham collection) | |||
| 58 | Museum of Art of the Socialist Republic of Romania | 1982-12-08 - 1983-01-02 | |
| 58 | National Gallery, Athens | 1983-01-12 - 1983-03-06 | |
| 58 | National Gallery, Budapest | 1983-03-17 - 1983-05-08 | |
| John Keats | |||
| 224a | Dove Cottage, Grasmere (Wordsworth Trust) | 1995-07-14 - 1995-09-30 | |
| 224a | British Library | 1995-10 - 1995-12 | |
| Millais | |||
| 11 | Tate Britain, London | 2007-09-26 - 2008-01-13 | |
Literature
| Author(s) | Date(s) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visions of Love and Life: Pre-Raphaelite Art from the Birmingham Collection, England. | |||
| Stephen Wildman | 1995 | Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham | p. 102, fig. 27. |
| City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of Drawings | |||
| A E Whitley | 1939 | Bemrose & Sons, Ltd, Derby | p. 264. |
| Millais, PRB, PRA | |||
| Mary Bennett | 1967 | Royal Academy of Arts, London, and Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool | p. 73. |
| John Everett Millais: Illustrator and Narrator | |||
| Paul Goldman | 2004 | Lund Humphries, Aldershot | B16 |
| Millais | |||
| Alison Smith, Heather Birchall, Jason Rosenfeld | 2007 | Tate Publishing, London | cat. no. 11 / p. 36. |
Associated people
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| John Keats | Character created by |
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