John Everett Millais [1829-1896] - Effie Dean
Auction Lot
FS36/476
John Everett Millais [1829-1896] - Effie Dean (FS36/476) offered in our Two Day Fine Art Sale starting on 3rd October 2017 at our salerooms in Exeter, Devon.
Lot Description
John Everett Millais [1829-1896] - Effie Dean - signed with a monogram and dated 1876 lower right watercolour heightened with white 36 x 30.5cm.
Notes
Effie Dean is a character in Sir Walter Scott's novel the Heart of Midlothian Effie's sister, Jeanie Dean, was one of Scott's most celebrated women of 19th century fiction renowned for honesty, sincerity and a strong religious conviction. When Effie is wrongly convicted of murdering her own child, Jean makes her way from Scotland to London to find an audience with the Queen who she impresses with her eloquence and broad Scottish accent. The Queen agrees to intercede with the King, who agrees a pardon for the innocent Effie.
Provenance
With Thomas Agnew & Sons
Department
Pictures
Fine Art Category
Portraits
Sale Information
FS36: Two Day Fine Art Sale
Tuesday, 3rd October 2017
Wednesday, 4th October 2017
Okehampton Street, Exeter
This lot will be sold after 2:30pm on Tuesday, 3rd October 2017 as part of the Oil Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings and Pictures section of the sale.
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