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Study for 'The Rescue' (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1829-1896

Title

Study for 'The Rescue' (recto)

Date of Production

(circa) 1855

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink (recto), graphite, pen and black ink (verso), on wove paper with an arched top

Dimensions

Height: 16.8 cm
Width: 12.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1934.XX.42.1

Mode of Acquisition

Lowes Dickinson, gift, 9 November 1934

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






Provenance

Miss Lowes Dickinson; Dickinson Gift 1934

Literature

Cooper, Robyn, 'Millais's The Rescue: a painting of a dreadful interruption of domestic peace' in 'Art History', December 1986 - 471-86; 9, no. 4
pp. 480, 482
illus. pl. 50
see attached PDF

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: left centre edge, graphite, cut off at left edge: "[...]au".

Collector's mark: none.

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