Isabella - Study for old Woman
1848
Accession number: 1927P902
Pencil on paper.
Width: 250 mm
Height: 339 mm
Information
The subject illustrates Keats' poem 'Isabella' or 'The Pot of Basil', derived from a story by Boccaccio.One of four 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.
- Bequeathed by James Richardson Holliday, 1927.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | John Everett Millais | - |
Inscriptions
| Type | Position(s) | Method | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monogram (pencil). | ||||
| Monogram | - | Written | - | In pencil. |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Works by English Pre-Raphaelite Painters Lent by the Art Gallery Committee of the Birmingham Corporation | |||
| 71 | Tate Gallery, London | 1911-12 - 1912-03 | |
| Paintings and Drawings of the 1860s Period | |||
| 219 | Tate Gallery, London | 1923-04-27 - 1923-07-29 | |
| Some Pre-Raphaelite Paintings & Drawings | |||
| 35 | National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth | 1955-07 - 1955-10 | |
| 35 | Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea | 1955 - 1955 | |
| Millais, PRB, PRA | |||
| 233 | Royal Academy of Arts, London | 1967-01-14 - 1967-03-05 | |
| 233 | Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool | 1967-03-15 - 1967-04-30 | |
| Pre-Raphaelite Women | |||
| 13 | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | 1985-10-09 - 1986-01-02 | |
| 13 | Stoke-on-Trent Museum & Art Gallery | 1986-09-13 - 1986-10-19 | |
| John Keats | |||
| no.224a | Dove Cottage, Grasmere (Wordsworth Trust) | 1995-07-14 - 1995-06-30 | |
| Praraffeliten | |||
| - | Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden and Stadelsche Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt | 1973-11-23 - 1974-05-05 | |
| Pre-Raphaelite Drawings | |||
| - | Portsmouth Museum and Art Gallery | 1976-05-01 - 1976-05-29 | |
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. 264. |
| Millais, PRB, PRA | |||
| Mary Bennett | 1967 | City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | p. 73. |
| John Everett Millais: Illustrator and Narrator | |||
| Paul Goldman | 2004 | Lund Humphries, Aldershot | B17 |
Provenance
| James Richardson Holliday; bequeathed to City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 1927. |
Associated people
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| John Keats | Character created by |
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