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Sketch of John Millais

John Aster Fitzgerald
1832-1906

Sketch of John Millais

5 3/8 x 3 7/16 inches (137 x 88 mm)
Pen and black ink on pink blotting paper.
1986.2248

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Item formerly formed part of an album of drawings, letters, prints and photographs kept by Frederick Smallfield and his wife during the 1860s and 1870s.
Title and attribution from Gordon Ray catalog.
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil at upper left: Millais.
Summary

Head and shoulders sketch of John Everett Millais, facing slightly to the left, with eyes lowered.

Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Smallfield, Frederick, 1829-1915, former owner.
Bibliography
The illustrator and the book in England from 1790 to 1914 / Gordon N. Ray. New York ; London : Oxford Univ. Pr., 1976, p. 106.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department