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Pencil Drawing - Isabella - Head study of the Youth

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Basic Information
Accession Number:	1906P653
Collection:	Fine Art Prints and Drawings
Date:	1848 - 1848

Maker Information
Artist:	John Everett Millais - View biography for John Everett Millais
Notes
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.

Further Information
Production Period:	19th century
Medium:	Pencil on paper, laid on card.
Material(s):	Card
Associated People
John Keats
Dimensions
Height:	257 mm
Width:	202 mm

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