Millais, Sir John Everett
Margaret Wilson, the Scottish Martyr
Painting : watercolour
Bequest of Benedict Read, 2017Image credit University of Leeds
Details
Artist(s): Millais, Sir John Everett (1829-1896)
Title: Margaret Wilson, the Scottish Martyr
Accession number: LEEUA 2017.104
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/635623
Collection group(s): University Art Collection
Description
Framed and glazed.
Remounted (a/f), frame repaired (June 2018).
Physical characteristics
Category: Painting
Technique: watercolour
Medium: watercolour
Support: paper
Frame: width 240mm height 283mm depth 15mm
Image: width 107mm height 152mm
Features
Recto, support, lower right [monogam of Millais]
Verso, frame, typewritten & printed label 'Pre-Raphaelitism. November 1970 No. 67 Sir John Everett Millais, bart., P.R.A., 1829 - 1896 Margaret Wilson J S Maas & Co Ltd dealers in fine art 15a Clifford Street, New Bond Street W1: Telephone: REGent 2302'
Verso, frame, handwritten, typewritten & printed label '*This is not "The Martyr of Solway" See p.103 of "Millais" by Fish or any illustration of this picture. Pre-Raphaelites and Contemporaries. 1961. No. 43. It is, on the other hand, "Margaret Wilson, the Scottish Martyr." See p.3 of Millais' Collected Illustrations SIR JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS BART P.R.A. 1829-1896 J S Maas & Co Ltd dealers in fine art 15a Clifford Street, New Bond Street W1: Telephone: REGent 2302'
Verso, frame, label clipped from a page '43 Illustration to 'The Martyr of Solway', water-colour, bearing monogram 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 ins.'
Verso, frame, blue ink on backing tape 'xThe Oil Painting of The Martyr of Solway (1871) is in Liverpool.'
Accession details
Accession number: LEEUA 2017.104
Accession date: 21/11/2017
Credit: Bequest of Benedict Read, 2017
Source: Bequest; Read, Benedict