Parting of Ulysses
Maker
(artist)
1829-1896
1829-1896
Title
Parting of Ulysses
Date of Production
(circa) 1862
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolour, bodycolour on wove paper, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 9.6 cm
Width: 9.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3813
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Violet Mond, Lady Melchett (1867-1945); F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 11 March 1946 (£12); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Imagining Islands, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 20/06/2013-21/07/2013
Life, Legend, Landscape - Victorian Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 17/02/2011-15/05/2011
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Life, Legend, Landscape - Victorian Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 17/02/2011-15/05/2011
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Literature
Life, Legend, Landscape: Victorian Drawings & Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, 2011
no. 32
ill. on p. 121
Life, Legend, Landscape - Victorian Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, 2011
cat. no. 32
ill. on p. 121
Goldman, Paul, Beyond Decoration: the Illustrations of John Everett Millais, London, 2005
pp. 294-95 ...More
Goldman, Paul, Victorian Illustration: The Pre-Raphaelites, the Idyllic School and the High Victorians, Aldershot, 1996
p. 297
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 35
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 57 ...Less
no. 32
ill. on p. 121
Life, Legend, Landscape - Victorian Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, 2011
cat. no. 32
ill. on p. 121
Goldman, Paul, Beyond Decoration: the Illustrations of John Everett Millais, London, 2005
pp. 294-95 ...More
Goldman, Paul, Victorian Illustration: The Pre-Raphaelites, the Idyllic School and the High Victorians, Aldershot, 1996
p. 297
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 35
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 57 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down on mount.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, grey ink, signed with monogram: "J.M.". Mount (historic), Recto: lower left of centre, arrow pointing up at monogram within drawing. Mount (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: "Sir JE. Millais Bart PRA. / The Farewell / From the Collection of Violet Lady Melchett (decd)"; lower right, graphite: "46/1". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right and left, graphite: "Sir John Millais, P.R.A. / 1829-1896 / The Farewell / signed with initial / Exhib Arts Council 1948/9".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, grey ink, signed with monogram: "J.M.". Mount (historic), Recto: lower left of centre, arrow pointing up at monogram within drawing. Mount (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: "Sir JE. Millais Bart PRA. / The Farewell / From the Collection of Violet Lady Melchett (decd)"; lower right, graphite: "46/1". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right and left, graphite: "Sir John Millais, P.R.A. / 1829-1896 / The Farewell / signed with initial / Exhib Arts Council 1948/9".
Collector's mark: none.
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