A British soldier seated by a stream plays the flute to a young Scottish woman and two girls. Etching by W.B. Hole, 1897, after J.E. Millais, 1884.
- Millais, John Everett, 1829-1896.
- Date:
- [1897]
- Reference:
- 3140167i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
The three listeners wear plaid, indicating that they are Scottish, while the soldiers wear uniforms of the British army under the command of the Duke of Cumberland, that was sent to Scotland from England to suppress the Jacobite rising of 1745. The soldier playing to the Scottish woman has a drum by his side and is watched by another British soldier who is smiling
Publication/Creation
London : Published by J.B. Virtue & Co. Ltd. : Jean Boussod Manzi Joyant & Co., [1897]
Physical description
1 print : etching, en chine ; image 36.8 x 50.7 cm, sheet 42.5 x 56.9 cm
Lettering
Copyright 1897
Edition
[State with a remarque portrait of Millais in lower left corner of sheet].
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3140167i
Creator/production credits
Attributed to William Brassey Hole (1846-1917) on the evidence of a pencil signature "W. Hole" on the impression catalogued
Reproduction note
After Millais's painting "An idyll of 1745" in the possession of William Hesketh Lever, 1st Baron and 1st Viscount Leverhulme, and from 1922 in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight
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