Lovers by a Rosebush
1848
Accession number: 1920P12
Pen and ink on paper.
Width: 165 mm
Height: 254 mm
Information
This drawing is an adaption of figures in 'Youth', one of six decorative lunettes by Millais. The image also invites comparison with the poem 'My Beautiful Lady' by Thomas Woolner, published in The Germ in 1850. Another drawing was however used in the final publication. It has been suggested that this drawing inspired the Woolner poem (Malcolm Warner).
- Purchased, 1920.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | John Everett Millais | - |
Inscriptions
| Type | Position(s) | Method | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRB [monogram]; J E Millais 1848; John E Millais to his PRB [as monogram] / brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti | ||||
| Inscription | - | Handwritten | - | Ink |
| PRB | ||||
| Monogram | bottom left | Handwritten | - | Brown ink |
| John E Millais to his PRB(as monogram)/ brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti | ||||
| Text | below image | Handwritten | - | Brown ink |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exhibition of British Art c. 1000-1860 | |||
| 1258 | Royal Academy of Arts, London | 1934-01-06 - 1934-03-10 | |
| Paintings and Drawings by the Pre-Raphaelites and their Followers | |||
| 97 | Russell-Coates Art Gallery, Bournemouth | 1951-06-04 - 1951-08-07 | |
| Millais, PRB, PRA | |||
| 242 | Royal Academy of Arts, London | 1967-01-14 - 1967-03-05 | |
| 242 | Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool | 1967-03-15 - 1967-004-30 | |
| The Drawings of John Everett Millais | |||
| 12 | Bolton Museum and Art Gallery | 1979 - 1979 | |
| 12 | Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, Bolton | 1979-07-07 - 1979-08-04 | |
| 12 | Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Brighton | 1979-08-14 - 1979-09-02 | |
| 12 | Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield | 1979-09-08 - 1979-10-07 | |
| 12 | Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge | 1979-10-16 - 1979-11-11 | |
| 12 | National Museum of Wales, Cardiff | 1979-11-17 - 1979-12-16 | |
| The Pre-Raphaelites | |||
| 158 | Tate Gallery, London | 1984-03-07 - 1984-05-28 | |
| Pre-Raphaelite Women | |||
| 12 | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | 1985-10-09 - 1986-01-02 | |
| 12 | Stoke-on-Trent Museum and Art Gallery | 1986-09-13 - 1986-10-19 | |
| Love Revealed: Simeon Solomon and the Pre-Raphaelites | |||
| 24 | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | 2005-10-01 - 2006-01-16 | |
| Pre-Raphaelite Drawings | |||
| - | Portsmouth Museum and Art Gallery | 1976-05-02 - 1976-06-20 | |
| La Peinture Romantique Anglaise et les Pre-Raphaelites | |||
| 188 | Petit Palais, Paris | 1972-01-21 - 1972-04-16 | |
| Visions of Love and Life: Pre-Raphaelite Art from the Birmingham Collection | |||
| 12 | Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington | 1995-03-09 - 1995-05-07 | |
| 12 | The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio | 1995-05-27 - 1995-07-16 | |
| 12 | Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington | 1995-08-11 - 1995-10-15 | |
| 12 | The Museum of Fine ARts, Houston, Texas | 1995-11-04 - 1996-01-02 | |
| 12 | High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia | 1996-01-23 - 1996-04-10 | |
| 12 | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham | 1996-05-25 - 1996-09-29 | |
| British Vision: Observation and Imagination in Brtitish Art 1750-19550 | |||
| 262 | Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent | 2007-10-06 - 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 | Bemrose & Sons, Ltd, Derby | p. 265. |
| Pre-Raphaelite Drawings | |||
| 1947 | Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London | p. 12 | |
| Pre-Raphaelite Drawings and Watercolours | |||
| 1953 | Arts Council of Great Britain | p. 12 | |
| The Drawings of John Everett Millais | |||
| Malcolm Warner | 1979 | Arts Council of Great Britain, London | cat. no. 12 |
| The Pre-Raphaelites | |||
| Leslie Parris | 1984 | Tate Gallery Publishing and Penguin Books, London | cat. no. 158 / p. 242 |
| Visions of Love and Life: Pre-Raphaelite Art from the Birmingham Collection | |||
| Stephen Wildman | 1995 | Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia | cat. no. 12 / p. 94. |
| John Everett Millais: Illustrator and Narrator | |||
| Paul Goldman | 2004 | Lund Humphries, Aldershot | B14 |
| Love Revealed: Simeon Solomon and the Pre-Raphaelites | |||
| Colin Cruise | 2005 | Merrell, London & New York | cat. no. 24 / p. 81. |
| Holman Hunt and the Pre-Raphaelite Vision | |||
| Carol Jacobi, Katherine Lochnan | - | Art Gallery of Ontario | fig. 31, p.175 |
Provenance
| Given by the artist to Rossetti; Rossetti Sale July1882 (341R); Christie's 3 June 1898, lot 44 (bought Tregaskis); bought Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, 1920. |
Associated people
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti | Associated with |
| Thomas Woolner | Author |
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