'The North-West Passage', A la Ronde
after Sir John Everett Millais RA (Southampton 1829- London 1896)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1874 (after) - 1990 (date acquired by National Trust)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
590 x 900 mm
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A La Ronde, Devon
NT 1313532
Caption
The original painting that this is loosely based on, in a naive rendering, is in Tate Britain, 1874 and was presented by Henry Tate in 1894. The model for the old seaman portrayed in the original painting is Captain Edward John Trelawny.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, 'The North-West Passage', A La Ronde, after Sir John Everett Millais (Southampton 1829 - London 1896), late 19th-late 20th century. The original painting that this is loosely based on, in a naive rendering, is in Tate Britain, 1874 and was presented by Henry Tate in 1894. The model for the old seaman portrayed in the original painting is Captain Edward John Trelawny.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust with the house and gardens from Mrs Ursula Tudor Perkins with the help of a grant from the NHMF in 1990
Makers and roles
after Sir John Everett Millais RA (Southampton 1829- London 1896), artist