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Sir John Everett Millais
1829-1896
The fireside story / Dalziel sc.
[London : s.n., 1855?]
wood engraving
image: 76 x 125 mm; sheet: 127 x 172 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.945
Notes
Proof of a wood engraving by Dalziel after an illustration by John Everett Millais for William Allingham's poem "Frost in the holidays" and published in The music master, a love song, and two series of day and night songs. London : George Routledge & Co., 1855, facing p. 216.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed "Tennyson's poems" in pencil at lower left.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Illustration shows a fireside scene with a young woman telling a story to an attentive group of children accompanied by an older woman.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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