SIR JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS, BT, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1829-1896)
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SIR JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS, BT, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1829-1896)

Spring Time

已结束2022年7月14日

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GBP 12,600

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SIR JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS, BT, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1829-1896)
Spring Time
signed with monogram and dated '1863' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic, and with scratching out on paper
5 7⁄8 x 4 in. (15 x 10.2 cm.)

John Milbank, thence by descent to his son Charles Milbank and by descent to
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 14 December 2017, lot 3, where purchased by the present owner.

专家说明

Happy Springtime was based upon Millais' illustration for A Selection of Etchings by the Etching Club, published by Joseph Cundall in 1865. It is believed that the watercolour depicts the artist's wife Effie holding their eldest child Effie Gray Millais who was born in 1858.

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