| Method | Etching |
| Artist | Henry Macbeth-Raeburn after John Everett Millais |
| Published | November 1895 |
| Dimensions | Image 232 x 186 mm, Sheet 267 x 211 mm |
| Notes |
Signed in pencil. A proof etching after the painting, 'Pilgrims to St Paul's', by John Everett Millais. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1868 with the accompanying lines from 'Ulm and Trafalgar' 1806 by George Canning, 'before that hallow'd tomb……Frequent in solemn pilgrimage they stand'. The etching shows two naval pensioners standing in the crypt of St Paul's, in front of Nelson's tomb. The image of Nelson was an object of reverence for the pensioners and an icon of national memory. The etching was later published in The Magazine of Art to illustrate an article discussing paintings such as 'Pilgrims to St Paul's', then in the collection of T. Humphrey Roberts. Henry Macbeth-Raeburn (1860-1947) was a noted Scottish painter and mezzotint engraver. He was a member of the Royal Academy and the Royal Society of Painters, Etchers, and Engravers. He is known today for his stylish mezzotints after celebrated eighteenth and nineteenth century portraits, which reproduced with accuracy and finesse the glory of these earlier masters. He had a penchant for the paintings of Reynolds, Gainsborough, and Sargent and produced many fine prints after their works. Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt (1829-1896) was a painter and the president of the Royal Academy. Born in Southampton, Millais entered the Royal Academy schools at the age of eleven, exhibiting his first work at the RA aged sixteen. In 1848 together with William Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rossetti he formed the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He painted some of the movement's masterpieces, including Lorenzo and Isabella and Christ in the House of His Parents, works that also caused furious controversy. He became President of the RA after Leighton's death in 1896. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £200.00 |
| Stock ID | 24775 |