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DescriptionA Vision of Arcadia – An Important English Private CollectionSir John Everett Millais P.R.A.British1829 - 1896Milking Time (The Farmer's Daughter)
signed with monogram lower rightoil on canvasUnframed: 45.8 by 35.3cm., 18 by 14in.Framed: 69 by 59cm., 27¼ by 23¼in.Condition reportTo request a Condition Report, please contact Emma.Gordon@sothebys.com
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."ProvenanceBaron Albert Grant (born Abraham Gottheimer, 1831-1899) of Kensington and Horstead Hall in Norfolk (sale: Christie's, London, 20 June 1868, lot 96, as Milking-Time (153 gns to Permain))Bought from Agnew by Gooden, 29 May 1899, as The Milkmaid, and sold to C.A. Barton, 31 May 1899 (sale: Christie's, London, 3 May 1902, lot 30, as The Milkmaid (unsold at 600 gns))J.P. Heseltine, by 1911 (his posthumous sale: Sotheby's, London, 27 May 1935 (first day), lot 72, as The Farmer's Daughter (88 gns to the Fine Art Society))Sir Edmund Davis of 9 Lansdowne Road, Holland Park and Chilham Park, nr CanterburySale: Christie's, London, 15 May 1942, lot 129, as The Farmer's Daughter (105 gns to Tobalski)F.R. Cottell (sale: Sotheby's, London, 12 February 1969, lot 52, as The Farmer's Daughter (£1200 to Sir Hugh Cavendish Holker Hall))Sale: Christie’s, London, 28 November 2001, lot 19Purchased at the above sale by the present ownerLiteratureMarion Harry Spielmann, Millais and His Works, Edinburgh and London, 1898, pp. 171, no. 188John Guille Millais, The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais London, 1899, II, p. 474, as Milking TimeMalcolm Warner, The Professional Career of John Everett Millais to 1863, with a catalogue raisonné of works to the same date, Ph.D. dissertation, Courtauld Institute (University of London), 1985, p. 514, no. 632ExhibitedLondon, Tate Gallery, Works by English Pre-Raphaelite Painters, 1911-12, no. 17, as The Milkmaid, lent by the Art Gallery Committee of the Birmingham Corporation
London, Tate Gallery, Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings of the 1860 Period, 1923, no. 64, as Girl in Cornfield (Miss Ford), lent by J.P. HeseltineCatalogue note