Live Auction 14232Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art
Sir John Everett Millais, Bt., P.R.A. (1829-1896)
Lot 17 The Property of a Pre-Raphaelite Collector

Sir John Everett Millais, Bt., P.R.A. (1829-1896)

Portrait studies of George and Effie Millais, bust length

Closed11 July 2017

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GBP 2,500

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Sir John Everett Millais, Bt., P.R.A. (1829-1896)
Portrait studies of George and Effie Millais, bust length
both signed with monogram (lower centre)
pencil on paper, one stamped 'Erigmore/ Birnam/ Perthshire', both fragmentary watermark
7 x 4 ½ in. (17.8 x 11.5 cm.)

Specialist note

As Millais was staying at Erigmore in 1875, the present drawings were probably executed circa 1875. The sitters are probably his daughter Effie (b. 1858) and his son George (b. 1857).

We are grateful to Malcolm Warner for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.