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Pen and Ink Drawing - A Huguenot - Compositional Study

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Basic Information
Accession Number:	1920P11
Collection:	Fine Art Prints and Drawings
Date:	1852 - 1852

Maker Information
Artist:	John Everett Millais - View biography for John Everett Millais
Notes
Thought to be a preparatory study for an oil painting. The oil was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1852 as 'A Huguenot, on St Bartholemew's Day, Refusing to Shield Himself from Danger by Wearing the Roman Catholic Badge'. In 1572, on St Bartholemew's Day, French Catholics slaughtered thousands of Huguenots Protestants. Millais has depicted a romantic scene - the Catholic girl trying to persuade her Huguenot lover to escape the massacre by wearing a distinguishing armband.
Purchased, 1920.

Further Information
Production Period:	19th century
School/Style:	Lovers
Medium:	Pen and ink on paper.
Material(s):	Ink
Dimensions
Height:	192 mm
Width:	99 mm

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