Sir John Everett Millais
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Sir John Everett Millais
1829-1896
A Squire with his two Sons
1844
Watercolor and china white touched with varnish, on paper.
7 3/4 x 6 1/8 inches (197 x 155 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2073
Notes:
Title from Ray.
Inscription:
Signed and dated by the artist, "J.E. Millais 1844", at lower right.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows an interior where an older man in 17th century dress sits in a chair beside a stained glass window with an open book on his lap and a sword hanging at his side; he has one arm on the shoulders of a young boy who stands, at left, studying the open volume, his finger on the page, while a second boy, at right, sits on the floor playing with a dog.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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