BIB_ID
159863
Accession number
MA 7601.18
Creator
Froude, James Anthony, 1818-1894.
Display Date
[ca. 1877?] Jan. 30.
Credit line
Purchased, 1953.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm
Notes
Dating: Millais painted Thomas Carlyle's portrait in 1877.
Part of the Mary Millais album, a scrapbook of letters, clipped autographs, photographs, and engravings compiled by Mary Millais. Significant items in the album are described in individual records; see collection level record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed "5, Onslow Gardens, / S.W."
Part of the Mary Millais album, a scrapbook of letters, clipped autographs, photographs, and engravings compiled by Mary Millais. Significant items in the album are described in individual records; see collection level record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed "5, Onslow Gardens, / S.W."
Provenance
By descent to Sir Ralph Regnault Millais; purchased with the Millais papers in 1953.
Summary
Concerning the fitness of Millais to paint the portrait of Carlyle.
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