BIB_ID
440268
Accession number
MA 14349.17b
Creator
Dukes, W. B., sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1915 July 27
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 15.4 x 9.9 cm
Notes
Written from: 17 West Bank / Stamford Hill / N.
Dated "Tuesday".
Written in response to a query published by Dalziel in The Publishers' Circular concerning an illustration by John Millais depicting the subject Tennyson's poem "St. Agnes Eve".
One of a number of letters in the collection concerning Budgett's efforts to fully identify an illustration by John Millais depicting the subject of Tennyson's poem "St. Agnes Eve"; the design was eventually discovered to be an illustration which appeared some time after Millais executed the original drawing, issued as a frontispiece plate in Henry Leslie's "Leslie's Songs for Little Folks" (London, Paris & New York : Cassell & Company Limited, 1883?).
Dated "Tuesday".
Written in response to a query published by Dalziel in The Publishers' Circular concerning an illustration by John Millais depicting the subject Tennyson's poem "St. Agnes Eve".
One of a number of letters in the collection concerning Budgett's efforts to fully identify an illustration by John Millais depicting the subject of Tennyson's poem "St. Agnes Eve"; the design was eventually discovered to be an illustration which appeared some time after Millais executed the original drawing, issued as a frontispiece plate in Henry Leslie's "Leslie's Songs for Little Folks" (London, Paris & New York : Cassell & Company Limited, 1883?).
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Following up on a letter he had written to Dalziel on the previous day (i.e. his letter of July 26, 1915), with additional information regarding John Millais' drawing illustrating Alfred Tennysons "St. Agnes Eve", including the dimensions of the original drawing (9 3/4" x 8 1/4"), and the fact that it was included in an 1898 exhibition of works by John Millais (item number 223) and referenced in "Mr. H. Spielmann's little book on Millais."
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