Tennyson's St Agnes Eve - Sketch of St Agnes stooping to climb the Convent Staircase
1855 – 1856
Accession number: 1906P662
Pencil on paper.
Width: 90 mm
Height: 115 mm
Information
This is one of three drawings in the Birmingham Collection related to the wood-engraving design published in Tennyson's Poems, by Edward Moxon, 1857. The drawing shows Milllais' experimentation with posture and design.
- Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1906.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | John Everett Millais | - |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millais, PRB, PRA | |||
| 350 | Royal Academy of Arts, London | 1967-01-14 - 1967-03-05 | |
| 350 | Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool | 1967-03-15 - 1967-04-30 | |
| John Everett Millais: Illustrator and Narrator | |||
| 6 | Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery | 2004-10-16 - 2005-01-16 | |
| 6 | Leighton House, London | 2005-02-18 - 2005-04-29 | |
| Tennyson (1809-1892): A Centenary Celebration | |||
| 265 | Dove Cottage, Grasmere (Wordsworth Trust) | 1992 - 1992 | |
| 265 | Usher Art Gallery, Lincoln | 1992 - 1992 | |
Literature
| Author(s) | Date(s) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poems [Moxon Tennyson] | |||
| Lord Alfred Tennyson | 1857 | Edward Moxon, London | p. 309. |
| Tennyson (1809-1892): A Centenary Celebration | |||
| Professor Robert Woof | 1992 | Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere | cat. no. 265. |
| John Everett Millais: Illustrator and Narrator | |||
| Paul Goldman | 2004 | Lund Humphries, Aldershot | cat no. 6 / B84. |
| City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings | |||
| A E Whitley | 1939 | Bemrose & Sons, Ltd, Derby | p. 273. |
Associated people
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Lord Alfred Tennyson | Author |
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