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Pencil Drawing - Sketch for an Unrealised / Unidentified Subject of Women sewing
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© Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
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Basic Information | | Accession Number: | 1906P633 |
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| Collection: | Fine Art Prints and Drawings |
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| Date: | 1850c - 1850c |
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Maker Information | | Artist: | John Everett Millais - View biography for John Everett Millais |
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Notes | This sketch may illustrate Mary and her hand maidens in Rossetti's poem 'The Blessed Damozel'. The figure on the far right is for Millais' oil painting Mariana (1850-51, Tate). The figure on the far left of a woman folding a piece of cloth can be seen in several other sketches in Birmingham's collection. The work was previously thought to be a study for The Eve of the Deluge. | | Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1906. |
Further Information | | Production Period: | 19th century |
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| Medium: | Pencil on paper. |
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| Material(s): | Pencil |
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Associated People | | Dimensions | | Height: | 123 mm |
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| Width: | 206 mm |
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1906P636 - Pencil Drawing - Mariana - Figure Sketch
1906P638 - Pencil Drawing - Sketch of Girl folding Cloth (for The Eve of the Deluge or other similar composition)
1906P634 - Pencil Drawing - Sketches for an Unrealised / Unidentified Subject, incorporating the Female Figure in Mariana and Woman folding Cloth.
1906P637 - Pencil Drawing - The Eve of the Deluge - Study of seated Girl