Isabella - Head study of the Youth
1848
Accession number: 1906P653
Pencil on paper, laid on card.
Width: 202 mm
Height: 257 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. A related compositional sketch is in the British Museum.
- 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 1848 | ||||
| Signature and date | bottom right | Handwritten | 1848 | Pencil |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Works by English Pre-Raphaelite Painters Lent by the Art Gallery Committee of the Birmingham Corporation | |||
| 77 | The National Gallery of British Art (Tate Gallery), London | 1911-12 - 1912-03 | |
| Retrospective Exhibition of English Painting | |||
| 115 | Musée Moderne, Brussels | 1929-10-12 - 1929-12-01 | |
| Exhibition of British Art c. 1000-1860 | |||
| 1267 | Royal Academy of Arts, London | 1934-01-06 - 1934-03-10 | |
| Coronation Exhibition | |||
| - | Royal Society of British Artists, London | 1937-04-19 - 1937-06-05 | |
| British Portraits | |||
| 741 | Royal Academy of Arts, London | 1956-11-24 - 1957-03-03 | |
| Millais, PRB, PRA | |||
| 234 | Royal Academy of Arts, London | 1967-01-14 - 1967-03-05 | |
| 234 | Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool | 1967-03-15 - 1967-04-30 | |
| English Drawings and Engravings | |||
| 219 | Museum Toma Stelian, Bucharest | 1935 - 1936 | |
| 219 | Vienna and Prague | 1936 - 1936 | |
| Like the Face of the Moon | |||
| 52 | Bolton Museum Art Gallery and Aquarium | 1991-01-01 - 1991-07-01 | |
| 52 | Stoke on Trent, Hanley Museum and Art Gallery | 1991-01-01 - 1991-07-01 | |
| 52 | Warwick University Arts Centre | 1991-01-01 - 1991-07-01 | |
| 52 | Swansea Art Gallery | 1991-01-01 - 1991-07-01 | |
| John Keats | |||
| 224c | Dove Cottage, Grasmere (Wordsworth Trust) | 1995-07-14 - 1995-09-30 | |
| 224c | British Library | - - 1995-12 | |
| Millais | |||
| 12 | Tate Britain, London | 2007-09-26 - 2008-01-13 | |
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 | City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham | 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 | B18. |
| Millais | |||
| Alison Smith, Heather Birchall, Jason Rosenfeld | 2007 | Tate Publishing, London | cat. no. 12 / p. 37. |
Provenance
| Probably 1 of 6 studies in D.T.White sale, Christie's 21 April 1868 (459 and 459a) bt Ellis' C.F.Murray by 1899. |
Associated people
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| John Keats | Character created by |
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