Circle of Sir John Everett Millais P.R.A., H.R.I. (1829-1896),
Charcoal on laid paper,
Bust length study of a young girl in the Pre-Raphaelite manner, possibly Fanny Cornforth,
Monogramme in the manner of Millais lower left, applied label verso stating 'John Everett Millais - portrait study thought to be of Fanny Cornforth', with further label apparently clipped from the back of the original frame, stating 'Francis Fortescue Urquhart, Oxford Collection, John Everett Millais',
44.5cm x 27.5cm,
Framed and glazed
Provenance: Francis Fortescue Urquhart was a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford in the late 19th and early 20th centurys. He may have inspired the character of Sillery in Anthony Powell's 'Dance To The Music Of Time' novels.
Fanny Cornforth was a model and muse of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, most closely associated with Dante Gabriel Rossetti