Chill October (after Sir John Everett Millais RA)
Alfred-Louis Brunet-Debaines (Le Havre 1845 - Hyères c.1935)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1883
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Measurements
425 mm (H)560 mm (W)737 mm (H)914 mm (W)
Collection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1226490
Summary
Print, engraving, Chill October (after Sir John Everett Millais RA) by Alfred-Louis Brunet-Debaines (Le Havre 1845 - Hyères c.1935). Signed in pencil 'J.E.Millais', etched by A.Brunet Debaines, published by Tho.Agnew and Son, January 1st 1883,
Provenance
Helena Oliveira, Collections Assistant, 03/10/2021. Original painting by Millais part of historic Armstrong Collection sold during 1910 sale Lot 76, and now in the collection of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. Print initially catalogued as part of the 1977 Treasury Transfer. Due to the quality and apparent age of the print, we now believe it was purchased by the National Trust to represent the original painting as part of the restoration of the house prior to its opening in 1979.
Marks and inscriptions
J.E.Millais (signed in pencil)
Makers and roles
Alfred-Louis Brunet-Debaines (Le Havre 1845 - Hyères c.1935) , etcher after Sir John Everett Millais RA (Southampton 1829- London 1896), artist Thomas Agnew and Sons Ltd, engraver and publisher