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John Aster Fitzgerald
1832-1906
Sketch of John Millais
Pen and black ink on pink blotting paper.
5 3/8 x 3 7/16 inches (137 x 88 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2248
Notes:
Item formerly formed part of an album of drawings, letters, prints and photographs kept by Frederick Smallfield and his wife during the 1860s and 1870s.
Title and attribution from Gordon Ray catalog.
Inscription:
In pencil at upper left: Millais.
Provenance:
Frederick Smallfield; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Head and shoulders sketch of John Everett Millais, facing slightly to the left, with eyes lowered.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Smallfield, Frederick, 1829-1915, former owner.
Bibliography:
The illustrator and the book in England from 1790 to 1914 / Gordon N. Ray. New York ; London : Oxford Univ. Pr., 1976, p. 106.
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