Pope Gregory and the slaves from Britain
Maker
(artist)
1829-1896
1829-1896
Title
Pope Gregory and the slaves from Britain
Date of Production
1843
Medium
pen and brown ink on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 20.7 cm
Width: 30.6 cm
Width: 30.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4438
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
handcuffs
Provenance
D.T. White; his sale, 20 April 1868, no. 355; purchased there by G. Smith; anonymous sale, Christie's (London), 7 December 1945, lot 31 (with 2 others); purchased there by Abbott; E.A. Wilson; purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
The Poetry of Drawing - Pre-Raphaelite Designs, Studies and
Watercolours, Birmingham & England & UK, 29/01/2011-15/05/2011
The Drawings of John Everett Millais, Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, Bolton, 7 July - 4 August 1979, and at four other venues in the UK, 07/04/1979-16/12/1979
Watercolours, Birmingham & England & UK, 29/01/2011-15/05/2011
The Drawings of John Everett Millais, Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, Bolton, 7 July - 4 August 1979, and at four other venues in the UK, 07/04/1979-16/12/1979
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 35
The drawings of John Everett Millais, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1979
no. 4
Pre-Raphaelite Drawing, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2011
pp. 52-53
fig. 55 on p. 53
p. 35
The drawings of John Everett Millais, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1979
no. 4
Pre-Raphaelite Drawing, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2011
pp. 52-53
fig. 55 on p. 53
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, pen and brown ink, signed and dated: "J.E. Millais 1843".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, pen and brown ink, signed and dated: "J.E. Millais 1843".
Collector's mark: none.
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