Drawing
1849 (made)
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Preliminary drawing sketched in outline for an oil painting depicting the character of Ferdinand covering his ears; sketches on the reverse; the sheet is cut into an arc at top.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil drawing |
| Brief description | Preliminary drawing for the oil painting 'Ferdinand lured by Ariel', pencil, by John Everett Millais, 1849. |
| Physical description | Preliminary drawing sketched in outline for an oil painting depicting the character of Ferdinand covering his ears; sketches on the reverse; the sheet is cut into an arc at top. |
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| Content description | A male figure, shown standing and wearing a tunic and armour, covers his ears. In the left background loose sketching, the outlines indeterminate. On the back two alternative standing and kneeling poses of a young man clasping a woman’s hands and holding them to his shoulders while about to kiss her; in two of the sketches there are attendant figures. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Rose Shipman |
| Object history | This drawing is illustrated on p.84 of Vol. I of The Life and Letters of Sir J. Millais by J. G. Millais, London, 1899. The sitter for the figure of Ferdinand was Frederic George Stephens (1828-1907), painter and art critic. The painting was No. 504 in the Royal Academy Exhibition, 1850. The sketches on the back partly reflect the composition of ‘Christ in the house of His parents’, also painted in 1849. |
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| Literary reference | 'The Tempest' by William Shakespeare |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963. |
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| Accession number | E.311-1952 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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