| Title: | 1906P651 Isabella - Head of Isabella and her brother with Caricature |
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| Description: |
1906P651 Isabella - Head of Isabella and her brother with Caricature ' Study of old Woman at table and sleeping Dog, 1848-49 Artist: John Everett Millais The subject illustrates Keats' poem 'Isabella' or 'The Pot of Basil', derived from a story by Boccaccio. One of five studies in Birmingham's collection for the painting 'Lorenzo and Isabella' in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, exhibited at the Royal Academy, London in 1849. Goldman notes: 'It has been suggested that the central sketch caricatures Rossetti's drawing of 'A Parable of Love' - also in the Birmingham collection. |
| Keywords: |
Art Movement/ Pre-Raphaelite, Birmingham Museums Trust/Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Pencil, Sketch, Portrait, Caricature, Literature/ Poetry, Profile, Study, Works on Paper |
| Usage Rights: | Creative Commons 0 - Public Domain. Optional attribution: Photo by Birmingham Museums Trust, licensed under CC0 |
| Height: | 555, 450, 351 |
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| Width: | 400, 384, 250 |
| Depth: | 7 |
| Unit: | mm, mm, mm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1906. |
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