The Idyll of 1745
Rupert William Potter (1833–1914)
Category
Photographs
Date
1884
Materials
Paper
Measurements
167 x 218 mm
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242426.37
Summary
Photograph on page 38, of a painting of a two young soldiers, one sitting playing the flute to three young children huddled together. By Sir John Everett Millais in an album of photographs taken by Rupert Potter as a record of Millais' work. Painting dated 1884.
Makers and roles
Rupert William Potter (1833–1914), manufacturer Sir John Everett Millais RA (Southampton 1829- London 1896), artist