"Never is a very long word," Illustration to Anthony Trollope's "Orley Farm"

John Everett Millais (English, 1829–1896)
Cut by: Dalziel Brothers (English, active 1839–93)

1862

Medium/Technique Wood engraving; touched and burnished India proof

Dimensions Block: 17.2 x 10.7 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/16 in.); Sheet: 22.7 x 19.2 cm (8 15/16 x 7 9/16 in.)

Credit Line John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund

Accession Number55.3137

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Signed

Inscriptionsl.l.: "DALZIEL Sc"; l.r.: artist's monogram; margins in graphite pencil: sketches and notes from artist to engraver

ProvenanceHarold Hartley, England (1851-1943): to Sir Harold Hartley, London, England (1878-1972); from whom purchased by MFA April 14,1955.