Study for 'The Rescue' (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1829-1896
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
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
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.
Inscription: Verso: left centre edge, graphite, cut off at left edge: "[...]au".
Collector's mark: none.
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