Sir John Everett Millais Bt, P.R.A. (1829-1896) A Roundhead Conventicle: A Scene from Sir Walter Scott's 'Peveril of the Peak' signed and dated 'J.E.Millais 1841' (lower right, on a roundhead's coat) and with inscription 'This remarkable drawing was made by my brother, Sir John Everett Millais at the age of 11/12 years. I, myself, was a schoolboy at King's College School and can well remember him at work at it and the great excitement we all felt at home during its execution. I have written ... to guarantee the genuineness of this work as it is almost incredible that it should have come from so young a child. W.H. Millais' (on the reverse) pencil, watercolour and oil , heightened with touches of white and with gum arabic on two joined sheets 34¾ x 46¼ in. (88.4 x 117.5 cm.)
Sir John Everett Millais Bt, P.R.A. (1829-1896) A Roundhead Conventicle: A Scene from Sir Walter Scott's 'Peveril of the Peak' signed and dated 'J.E.Millais 1841' (lower right, on a roundhead's coat) and with inscription 'This remarkable drawing was made by my brother, Sir John Everett Millais at the age of 11/12 years. I, myself, was a schoolboy at King's College School and can well remember him at work at it and the great excitement we all felt at home during its execution. I have written ... to guarantee the genuineness of this work as it is almost incredible that it should have come from so young a child. W.H. Millais' (on the reverse) pencil, watercolour and oil , heightened with touches of white and with gum arabic on two joined sheets 34¾ x 46¼ in. (88.4 x 117.5 cm.)
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