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"Dear child ! He comes - Nay, blush not so to have your secret known.": P.1079-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

"Dear child ! He comes - Nay, blush not so to have your secret known."
Richard Monckton Milnes' 'Unspoken Dialogue' in The Cornhill Magazine

Maker(s)

Designer: Millais, John Everett
Printmaker: Dalziel family

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1860

Note

Cut from The Cornhill Magazine, 1860, illustration to 'Unspoken Dialogue, a poem by Richard Monckton Milnes, facing p.194

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 159 mm Width 110 mm
Sheet Height 227 mm Width 141 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: DALZIEL SC
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: JM
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: "Dear child ! He comes - Nay, blush not so / To have your secret known."
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1079-1991
Primary reference Number: 23939

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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