SIR JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS, BT, P.R.A., R.W.S. (SOUTHAMPTON 1829-1896 LONDON)

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Los 151 | SIR JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS, BT, P.R.A., R.W.S. (SOUTHAMPTON 1829-1896 LONDON)
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SIR JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS, BT, P.R.A., R.W.S. (SOUTHAMPTON 1829-1896 LONDON)
Love Birds ("Une Grande Dame")
signed with the artist's monogram and dated '1883'
oil on canvas
36 5/8 x 25 5/8 in. (93 x 65.1 cm.)




Provenance

The artist.
with Arthur Tooth and Sons, London, acquired directly from the above, May 1883.
with Fletcher's of Collins Street, Melbourne, by October 1885.
with Arthur Tooth and Sons, London, by January 1887.
George Ingraham Seney (1826-1893), New York.
His sale; American Art Association, New York, 11-13 February 1891, lot 267, as The Love-bird.
Joseph Foxcroft Cole (1837–1892), Boston, acquired at the above sale.
Matthew C. D. Borden, (1842-1912), New York and Fall River, MA.
His sale; American Art Association at the Plaza Hotel, New York, 13-14 February 1913, lot 31, as The Pet Bird.
William W. Seaman (1854-c.1919), art agent, acquired at the above sale.
with the Sporting Gallery, Middleburg, VA, before 1986.
Marguerite Neel Williams (1917-1999), Thomasville, GA, acquired directly from the above, 16 February 1989.
By descent to the present owner.



Literature

Montezuma, "My Note Book", The Art Amateur, New York, August 1883, p. 46, as "Une Grande Dame".
E. A. C., "Monthly Notes: Art", Once a Month: A Magazine for Australasia, vol. 4, no. 2, Melbourne, 1 February 1886, p. 167, as The Love Birds.
M. H. Spielmann, Millais and His Works, Edinburgh and London, 1898, pp. 65, 175, no. 248, as Love Birds (originally "Une Grande Dame").
J. G. Millais, The Life and Letters of Sir John Millais, New York, 1899, vol. II, pp. 344-345, 348-349, 481, illustrated with the artist's photographs in 4 different states, as "Une Grand Dame" and Love Birds (Originally "Une Grande Dame").
A. L. Baldry, Sir John Everett Millais, His Art and Influence, London, 1899, pp. 58, 116, as Love Birds (erroneously catalogued as dated 1882).
W. R. Valentiner and A. F. Jaccaci, Old and Modern Masters in the Collection of M. C. D. Borden, vol. I, New York, 1911, pp. 134-135, no. 32, illustrated.



Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1883, no. 37, as "Une Grand Dame".
Glasgow, James McClure & Son, February-March 1885.
Melbourne, Fletcher's of Collins Street, 1885-1886.
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