Lot Essay
Brabazon probably saw this picture during Sir John Everett Millais's retrospective exhibition in 1896 at the Royal Academy.
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Study of 'Forbidden Fruit' after Sir John Everett Millais, P.R.A. (1829-1896)
Details
Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821-1906)
Study of 'Forbidden Fruit' after Sir John Everett Millais, P.R.A. (1829-1896)
signed with initials 'HBB' (lower right) and with inscription 'after Millais' (on the backing sheet, overmounted)
pencil, watercolour and coloured chalks, on blue-grey paper
9¼ x 7 in. (23.5 x 17.8 cm.)
Study of 'Forbidden Fruit' after Sir John Everett Millais, P.R.A. (1829-1896)
signed with initials 'HBB' (lower right) and with inscription 'after Millais' (on the backing sheet, overmounted)
pencil, watercolour and coloured chalks, on blue-grey paper
9¼ x 7 in. (23.5 x 17.8 cm.)
Provenance
with Noelle Callender, London.
Exhibited
London, Leighton House, Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1971, no. 49.
Hastings, Hasting Museum and Art Gallery, The Wide World of Hercules Brabazon Brabazon: A Retrospective Exhibition of his Art, 17 July-12 September 1976, no. 69.
London, Campbell and Franks, Hercules Brabazon Brabazon: A Retrospective of his Art, 1976, no. 78.
Hastings, Hasting Museum and Art Gallery, The Wide World of Hercules Brabazon Brabazon: A Retrospective Exhibition of his Art, 17 July-12 September 1976, no. 69.
London, Campbell and Franks, Hercules Brabazon Brabazon: A Retrospective of his Art, 1976, no. 78.