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"Last Words" a poem by Owen Meredith, Illustration to "Cornhill Magazine"

John Everett Millais (English, 1829–1896)
Cut by: Dalziel Brothers (English, active 1839–93)
1860

Medium/Technique Wood engraving; India proof
Dimensions Block: 15.1 x 11.4 cm (5 15/16 x 4 1/2 in.); Sheet: 23.1 x 20.4 cm (9 1/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession Number55.3495
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionBoy on chair holding hand of girl in bed
Signed Signed
Inscriptionsl.l.: artist's monogram; l.r.: "DALZIEL Sc"; l.l. margin in graphite pencil: "Last-Words Cornhill Magazine"; u.r. margin in graphite pencil: "Sir JE Millais, Bart, P.R.A."
ProvenanceHarold Hartley, England (1851-1943): to Sir Harold Hartley, London, England (1878-1972); from whom purchased by MFA April 14,1955.