AT-00005693
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Design for a Gothic Arch with the Artist and Effie Ruskin Embracing (recto); Design for a Gothic Arch with Effie as an Angel (verso)
Provenance
Given by Lady Millais to her daughter, Sophie MacEwen, 1896 [notes in the curatorial file]. Sold by the Maas Gallery, London, to the Art Institute. 1996.
Exhibition history
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Building a Collection: New Acquisitions and Promised Gifts of Britiish Art," May 1–August 1, 2004 checklist 18 (recto).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Sir John Everett Millais / English, 1829-1896
- Date
- 1853
- Medium
- Graphite, with touches of pen and brown ink (recto and verso) on ivory paper
- Dimensions
- 23.2 × 11.5 cm (9 3/16 × 4 9/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- graphite
- Place
- England
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Margaret Day Blake and Sarah R. Shorey endowments
- Accession no.
- 1996.318
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Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00005693
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