Sir John Everett Millais
(England 1829–1896)
- Title
- The captive
- Other titles:
- Ruby
- Year
- 1882
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
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115.6 x 77.2cm stretcher; 143.6 x 106.1 x 7.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.l., red paint "(monogram) 1882".
- Credit
- Purchased 1885
- Accession number
- 918
- Location
- 19th c European art
- Provenance (1)
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Fine Art Society PLC (England, estab. 1876), London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from the Fine Art Society 1885
- Bibliography (10)
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Magazine of Art Apr 1883, Apr 1883, xxvii.
J.G. Millais (Author), The Life and Letters of Sir J.E. Millais, 1899, 162. Model named as Miss Ruby Streatfield
M.H. Spielmann (Author), Millais and his work with special reference to the exhibition of the Royal Academy 1898, Edinburgh, 1898, 146, 158 (illus.).
A. Baldry (Author), Millais, London, 1899, 68, 158 (illus.).
Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 128 (illus.), 129.
Beatrix Potter (Author), Beatrix Potter's journal, 28 Apr 1983.
Art Journal 1885, 1885, 226, 323.
Annabel Davie (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales Handbook, Domain, 1988, 44.
Peter Tomory (United Kingdom) (Author), Anne Kirker (New Zealand; Australia, b.1947) (Author), British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, 132. cat.no. 1494
Jason Rosenfeld (Author), Alison Smith, Millais, 2007, 140, 141, 181 (colour illus.). cat.no.105
- Exhibition history (3)
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Pictures of children, Fine Art Society PLC, 1883–1883.
Millais, Tate Britain, 26 Sep 2007–13 Jan 2008.
Millais, Van Gogh Museum, 15 Feb 2008–18 May 2008.
