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The Parting of Ulysses

Maker

(engraver)
1820-1909

(artist)
1829-1896

(publisher)

Title

The Parting of Ulysses

Date of Production

6.12.1862

Medium

woodcut engraving

Dimensions

Height: 11.4 cm
Width: 9.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5773

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords







Related Works

Parting of Ulysses

Label Text

Like other Pre-Raphaelite artists, Millais contributed numerous illustrations to the popular periodicals which flourished in the 1860s. The Parting of Ulysses, depicting a scene from Homer’s Odyssey, first appeared as a wood-engraved image in a popular periodical, Once a Week, engraved by Joseph Swain. The jewel-like watercolour by Millais, also in the Courtauld's collection (D.1952.RW.3813) showing the sorceress Circe waving farewell to the Greek hero, is a near copy of the print and was probably made to meet the art market’s demand for small-scale watercolours.

Notes

A woodcut engraving on page 658 of Once A Week magazine from Dec. 6, 1862.

Provenance

Witt Library transfer, 1990

Inscriptions

recto: lower left within image: SWAIN.SC

Inscription: recto: lower margin: THE PARTING OF ULYSSES.

recto: lower margin, graphite: Millais

recto: lower centre on mount, graphite: J.E. Millais

recto, lower right on mount, stamped: Witt Library

recto: lower right on mount, stamped in blue: M

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