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ANCIENT & MODERN PICTURES 
 
 AND 
 
 REMAINING WORKS 
 
 OF THE LATE 
 
 Sir JOHN EVERETT MILLAI8, Bart. 
 
 P.R.A.; 
 AND PICTURES FROM DIFFERENT COLLECTIONS. 
 
 SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1897. 
 
OF ■ ■ "^CUX 
 
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 PICTURES 
 
 AND 
 
 REMAINING WORKS 
 
 OF 
 
 Sm JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS, BART. 
 
 DECEASED, 
 
 President of the Royal Academy 
 
 (^Sold by Order of the Executore) ; 
 
 ALSO SOME 
 
 1K)igbl^ important pictures 
 
 FROM DIFFERENT PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: 
 
 WSIOH 
 
 Messrs. CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS, 
 
 8 KING STREET, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE, 
 
 On SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1897, 
 
 After the Sale of the late G. Kichmond's Works. 
 
 May be viewed Three Days preceding, and Catalogues had, 
 at Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods' Offices, 8 King Street, 
 St. James's Square, S. W, 
 
CONDITIONS OF SALE. 
 
 1. THE highest Bidder to be the Buyer ; and if any dispute anse 
 between two ox more Bidders, the Lot so in dispute shall be 
 immediately put up again and re-sold. 
 
 II. No person to advance less than Is, ; above Five Pounds, 5s. ; and 
 so on in proportion. 
 
 III. In the case of Lots upon which there is a reserve, the Auctioneer 
 shall have the right to bid on behalf of the Seller. 
 
 IV. The Purchasers to give in their Mames and Places of Abode, 
 and to pay down 5s. in the pound, or more, in part of payment, 
 or the whole of the Purchase-Money, if required ; in default 
 of which, the Lot or Lots so purchased to be immediately put 
 up again and re-sold. 
 
 V, The Lots to be taken away and paid for, whether genuine and 
 authentic or not, with all faults and errors of description, at 
 the Buyer's expense and risk, within Two days from the Sale ; 
 Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods not being responsible 
 for the correct description, genuineness, or authenticity of, 
 or any fault or defect in, any Lot, and making no warranty 
 whatever. 
 
 VI. To prevent inaccuracy in delivery, and inconvenience in the 
 settlement of the Purchases, no Lot can on any account be 
 removed during the time of Sale; and the remainder of the 
 Purchase-Money must absolutely be paid on the delivery. 
 
 VII. Upon failure of complying with the above Conditions, the Money 
 deposited in part of payment shall be forfeited ; all Lots un- 
 cleared within the time aforesaid shall be re-sold by public or 
 private Sale, and the deficiency (if any) attending such re-sale 
 shall be made good by the Defaulter at this Rale, 
 
X 
 
 CATALOGUE. 
 
 On SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1897, 
 
 After the Sale of the late G. RICHMOND'S Works, 
 
 Pictures from the Collection and remaining Works of 
 the late SIR JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS, 
 Bart.^ President of the Royal Academy. 
 
 J. C. HOOK, R.A., 1884, 
 ^0 ^1 A VIEW ON THE COAST, with gulls ^ 
 
 32| in. by 3§ m. 
 
 '^fQrKM.^*'^^'' 
 
 TITO CONTI. 
 92 The Introbuctton 
 
 On panel — 17^ in. by 24^ in. 
 
 Exhdhited at the Royal Academy 
 
 <yb..ocL£iuj^ 
 
 f^ 2 
 
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 ^^ 
 
 PICTURES BY OLD MASTERS. 
 
 PANNINI. 
 
 ^0 93 A Landscape, with ruins ^^^Xt. ^--^C^.vt^ 
 
 8f in. by 42 in. 
 
 PANNINI. 
 
 ^ 94 Ruins 
 
 35 in. by 42 in. 
 
 J. FYT. 
 
 -^=^ 95 A Wild Duck, surprised by a spaniel •^^- --^^J^^iva^^ 
 
 48 tn. by 66 in. 
 
 
 ISAAC PALING. ^ ^ . 
 
 9 6 Portrait of a Ladt, as a shepherdess, in pink and yellow dress 
 50 in. by 40 in. 
 
 G. KNELLER. ^'1/ 
 
 97 Portrait of John Dive, Esq., in blue coat; married to Dorbfliy 
 
 Aston 
 
 25 in. by 20 in. 
 
 C. DE IIEEM. 
 ^•^0 98 Still Life on a Table ^-^'i^f-'nju^^J^. 
 
 24^ in. by 21 in. 
 
/ / 
 
 M. SWEERTS. 
 '^^O 90 Dutch Noblemen Plating at Chess ^c^sUL0^%/ 
 
 Signed, and dated 1612 
 18^ in. by 14 in. 
 
 'CJ-^ 100 TIME CLIPPING THE WINGS OF LOVE : Full-length 
 figure of an old man, holding Cupid on his knee and clipping 
 his wings : Time's scythe, a skull and a quiver are on the 
 ground 
 
 69 in. by 44 in. 
 
 From the Blenheim Collection /^S'G -^3^^. ^^'^^ 
 Exhibited at Burlington House, 1895 y ' 
 
 Mentioned hy Br. Waagen, p. 122, Smith's Catalogue, 
 No. 262. 
 
 Engraved in mezzotint hy McArdell and Valentine Green 
 
 "It was exhibited by the Duke of Marlborough at Burlington 
 House, where it attracted my attention and admiration as a novelty in 
 tlie artist's career, tlie picture being essentially a poetical effort. Oddly 
 enough, it crossed my mind how much I would like to possess it, never 
 dreaming a few years after it would be hanging on my wall. 
 
 " Tlie portrait of Charles I. was bought by the National Gallery for 
 some 15,000/. This picture fetched not half the interest of that sum, 
 and yet they are equal in quality of painting so far as my judgment 
 goes. 
 
 " I believe there are replicas of this picture abroad, but the pre- 
 sumption is very strong in favour of its being the original, as it is not 
 probable the great victor of Blenheim would have been presented with a 
 copy. 
 
 " It is the fate of all poetical work to be more or less disregarded, 
 very few feel or appreciate it : hence my obtaining this valuable work 
 for an old song." 
 
 Note hy Sir J. E. Millais, Bart. 
 
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 6 
 
 HANS HOLBEIN. ^ p P ■ ^ ^ 
 
 \0 OC 101 PORTE AIT OF A MAN: A bust, turned to the rf; black 
 beard with a few grey Lairs, black cap witb gold tags, black 
 surtout stowing the sleeves of a crimson doublet ; blue back- 
 ground ; inscribed aetatis suae 54 
 
 On panel — 20 in. by 14^ in. 
 
 Exhibited at Burlington House, 1872 and 1880 
 
 JExhibited at the Holbein Exhibition at Dresden, 1870 
 
 " The jncture was leut to the great Exhibition of Holbein's works at 
 Dresden, 1870, and it was pronounced by Gruner so important as to rank 
 fourth in that exhaustive collection of the master, as reference to the 
 letter will show. (See Gruner's letter below.) 
 
 " There are initials at the back of the panel which would indicate 
 it might have belonged to the Lord Treasurer Cecil, who had a mansion 
 at Temple Bar full of Holbein's works. 
 
 " By examination with a magnifying glass, it will be apparent the 
 picture has escaped all injury from the hands of cleaners. 
 
 " It is as fresh and pure as it left the painter, and compares very 
 favourably with many of the most famous specimens which have been 
 retouched. 
 
 " I think it probably a portrait of one of Holbein':: countrymen or 
 guild resident in London." 
 
 Note by the late Sir J. E. Millais, Bart. 
 
 Letter from Mr. Gruner to Sir J. E. Millais, Bart., when the picture 
 was exhibited at the Holbein Exhibition at Dresden : — 
 
 Dresden : 30 Paagek Strasse. 
 , October 19, 1870. 
 My Dear Sir, 
 
 In a very short time j'our beautiful picture by Holbein will be restored 
 to you with many thanks of tlie council and the public. It has beeu 
 unanimously judged the fourth fine original portrait by that great 
 master. The first is the Morett of our gallery. The second is the Duke 
 of Norfolk, from AViudsor. The third is the banker Gisa, from the 
 gallery in Berlin, particularly ou account of its importance ; and the 
 fourth is yours. 
 
 Tliere were aboat twelve to fourteen real jjortraits among the many 
 exhibited, but whom youjs represeuts remains a mystery. 
 
 (Signed) L. Gkenbu. 
 
Referring to this picture, Dr. Alfred Woltmann, author of ' The Life 
 of Holbein,' writes as follows : — 
 
 Caelsrche, Germany. 
 October 20, 1871. 
 Dear Sir, 
 
 The portrait by Hans '^Holbein which you sent to the Holbein Ex- 
 hibition at Dresden is a first rate picture, and one of the master's best 
 works. 
 
 I am sorry that the English translation of my ' Life of Holbein ' is 
 all printed off, and that I shall not be able to speak there of your 
 picture. 
 
 The more I think it suitable to tell you how much I value this 
 work. 
 
 In an essay I have published in the ' National Zeitung ' (Berlin), I 
 said, after having mentioned the portraits of Morett (Dresden) and of 
 the Duke of Norfolk (Windsor) : — 
 
 " Endlichritt ein bisher unbekannter Hauptwerk auf den Schemplatz 
 welcher den Herrn Millais in London gehort, und dessen werth durck 
 die ausgezeichnete Erhaltung voUkommen wird." 
 
 May you tell me where you got the picture ? I think that it is 
 mentioned, in Dr. Waagen's four volumes. I should be much obliged 
 to you lf»you ^ould send 'Jin answer to this question. I shall prepare 
 during next year a second edition of my book in German, 
 I am, dear Sir, 
 
 Yours truly, 
 (Signed) Alfred Woltmann. 
 
 Dr. Phil., Prof. Polytech. Schule. 
 
 Regarding this Holbein, it only remains to be said that Dr. Bode, 
 Director of the Berlin Gallery, offered Sir J. E. Millais on July 6, 1891, 
 3000 guineas for the picture, which he considered about the finest work 
 of the master, an offer which Sir John refused. 
 
 VELASQUEZ. 
 ^^ 102 Poui'BAiT OF A Divine, in black dress, holding a crucifix ^O/i^ !f^t^cxC.yiU2y^ 
 
 46 in. by 37 in. 
 
 M. HONDECOETER. 
 ^ ^ 103 PouLTBY, Owl and Bibds <£^A^t.cv^^^^^^^ 
 
 40 in. by 49 «n. 
 
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 8 
 
 M. HONDECOETER. 
 -^ 104 Poultry, Peacock and Pigeons "^ -^'"fouM^oa^ 
 
 52 in. by 62 in. 
 
 /^ 
 
 M. HONDECOETER. 
 105 A Spaniel and Heron <:i^^Bm/t^ 
 
 49 in. by 40 in. 
 
 ISTATUARY. 
 
 CORDIER. 
 
 106 Bust of a Negro — on marble pedestal 
 
 CORDIER. 
 
 107 Bust of a Negress — on marble pcdestaJi 
 
 LOED LEIGHTON, P.E.A. ^. _g ^^^^ 
 
 ^J^ 108 Needless Alarms — a statuette in bronze on a marble pillar 
 
 Exhibited at Burlington House, 1897 
 
X 
 
 PICTURES BY SIR J. E. MILLAIS, P.R.A. 
 
 SIR J. E. MILLAIS, P.R.A. 
 y^O 109 THE EMPTY CAGE '-^'^^i^^^ 
 
 >!, . 36 m. by 2* m. 
 
 Exhibited at Bradford 
 
 ^/' 
 
 SIR J. E. MILLAIS, P.R.A., 1885. 
 
 ^O 110 THE NATURALIST. An aged and still enthusiastic man of.^^*^^;^ 
 science, an ornithologist, is sitting on a couch propped with 
 pillows, while he expounds to a group of children the construc- 
 tion and nature of a lustrous bird, a " specimen '' of which in 
 a stuffed condition he holds in his hands while he studies the 
 creature through spectacles. On his right are two rosy little 
 boys in straw hats. Behind the speaker a lady stoops to 
 adjust his pillow ; two more children are in front ; a young 
 girl sits at his feet, with a blue bird of gorgeous plumage 
 lying neglected in her lap. Mr. T. 0. Barlow, R.A., the 
 painter's old friend and the engraver of many of his works, 
 sat to Sir John E. Millais for the face of the ornithologist. 
 The two little boys listening were painted from Sir John's 
 grandchildren, the children of Mrs. James. The figures are 
 life size 
 
 60 in. by 83 in. 
 
 Exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1885, under the title of 
 " The Ruling Passion " 
 
 Exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery (special Exhibition of 
 Sir J. E. Millais' Works), 1886 
 
 Exhibited at Vienna 
 
 Exhibited at Chicago 
 
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 4-jLO 
 
 10 
 
 SIE J. E. MILLAIS, P.E.A. 
 
 Ill THE GIRLHOOD OF SAINT THERESA 
 
 *' The little girl walking forth one morning hand-in-hand with her 
 Btill smaller brother, to go and seek martyrdom in the country of the 
 Moors." — Middlemarch. Prelude. 
 
 ^^^^-Tuuxr- 
 
 cfii^^ ^ 44 in. by 41 in. 
 
 ■'^^'^ Exhibited at the Boyal Academy, 1893 
 
 SIR J. E. MILLAIS, P.R.A. 
 
 112 THE FORERUNNER 
 
 54^ in. by 32 in. 
 J /TV This picture was the Artist's last work 
 y/^". Exhibited at the Boyal Academy, 1896 
 
 SIR. J. E. MILLAIS, P.R.A., 1896. 
 
 113 TIME ^'y)=^acu& 
 
 56 in. by 36 in. <i^ 
 
 SIR. J. E. MILLAIS, P.R.A. -^inrg^Ca^ 
 
 fO 114 SWEET EMMA MORLAND : A girl carrying a basket of roies 
 
 48 in. by 30 in. 
 
 SIR. J. E. MILLAIS, P.R.A. 
 <>SD 115 "THE MOON IS UP, AND "SET IT IS NOT NIGHT " v>^^i^^^ 
 
 — Byron 
 Mooy^Aat^^ *»• l>y 64 in. 
 
 Exhibited at the Boyal Academy, 1890 
 
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 11 
 
 The following are 
 from DIFFERENT COLLECTIONS. 
 
 J. C. HOOK, K.A., 1860. 
 
 ^/^ ^ 116 A DEVONSHIEE HOMESTEAD '^^^^^^^ 
 
 22 in. by 36 «n. ^^^^ 
 
 ,,^ v.^^^ C. STANFIELD, E.A. 
 
 ^/•^ 117 melhode -^^z^iMz^ 
 
 39 in. by 57 in. 
 
 BEITON EIYIERE, E.A., 1871. 
 
 118 CIECE AND THE FEIENDS OF ULYSSES ^^CoUU^je/i^ 
 
 "She touched them with a rod that wrought 
 Swine's snouts, swine's bodies, took they bristles, grunts, 
 But still retain'd the souls they had before. 
 Which made them mourn their bodies' change the more." 
 3 00 -'(o^j^^&K^ — Chapman's ' Odyssey. 
 
 27 in. by 51 in. 
 
 Exhibited at the JRoyal Academy, 1871 
 Exhibited at the Jubilee Exhibition, Manchester, 1887 
 Engraved 
 
 A. BONHEUE, 1861. ^^^^^ ^ 
 
 119 THE CHALLENGE : Driving cattle over the Highlands ^ 
 
 79 in. by 103 in. 
 /ao 4'44ajU' 
 
 SIR. E. BUENE JONES, A.E.A. 
 
 120 PAN AND PSYCHE ^^^^j^^yxju^^j- 
 
 24 in. by 21 in. 
 ^^ Engraved 
 
 Purchased from the artist 
 
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 121 LUNA 
 
 SIK E. BUENE JONES, A.R.A. 
 
 40 in. by 28 in. 
 Purchased from the Artist 
 
 '^^H.a^^ 
 
 SIR E. BURNE JONES, A.R.A, 
 
 It^f 
 
 122 SOWING 
 
 871 in. by 25^ in. 
 
 C!<D^ 
 
 ■u^yyXx^^ci(jS-^T>^ 
 
 2>C 
 
 LORD LEIGHTON, P.R.A. 
 123 HELEN ON THE WALLS OF TROY 
 
 \J^- '^ojee^fnyd't^ 
 
 " Thus as she spoko, in Helen's breast arose 
 Fond recollections of her former lord, 
 Her home and parents ; o'er her head slie threw 
 A snowy veil ; and shedding tender tears 
 Slie issued forth, not unaccompanied, 
 For with her went fair ^Etliea, Pittheus' child, 
 And stag-ey'd Clymene, her maidens twain, 
 They quickly at tlie Scsean gate arrived." 
 
 Homer's 'Iliad,' Book III. Lord Derby's Traitdation. 
 
 83 in. by 60 in. 
 
 ^Exhibited at the Soyal Academy, 1865 
 
 Engraved 
 
 From the Collection of the late Duchess of Montrose 
 
 f2' 
 
 F. GOODALL, R.A., 1894. 
 124 BY THE STILL WATERS OF THE OVERFLOW >j^ 
 
 " Tiie picture reprcsenls a Bedouin encampment on the borders of C^ 
 the Syrian desert, near Sakarat, at the time of tlie inundation of tlie 
 Nile Valley. At this period of the year the jmstoral Bedouins frequent 
 this locality and bring their sheep, goats and camels for the pasture, 
 which is plentiful, even on the very edge of the de.sert. As soon as 
 the water begins to suliside, a fringe of green borders every still lake 
 and pool, and this the Bedouins claim as belonging to them." — Note by 
 the Artist. / 
 
 J6 X ^y. 
 
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 J. M. SWAN, A.R.A. 
 
 ^^l££<:^ 
 
 125 MATERNITY 
 
 59^ in. by 89 in. 
 
 Exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery 
 
 F. R. LE]^ R.A., 1864. r 
 
 126 Little Red Riding Hood, meeting the wolf in the wood ^ 
 
 35^ in. by 27^ in. 
 
 T. S. COOPER, R.A., 1833. 
 ^^f-^ 127 A View near a Farm, with cattle and sheep Q'^^^U-^**.^^*!, 
 
 45 in. by 58^ in. 
 
 K. HEFFNER. 
 128 Solitude ^^_^^^ 
 
 ■yt:M^(lJCctA^^i{jd'^ 
 
 p. R. MORRIS, A.R.A. 
 
 129 A Storm on Albion's Coast /r't^f>%_ 
 
 Exhibited at the Boyal Academy, 1895 
 
 G. F. WATTS, R.A. 
 
 130 HOPE / ^^tkU^ 
 
 On panel— ^h in. by 21 in. <y 
 
 Exhibited at Munich 
 
 Sold by Order of the Executors of the late Lord 
 Leighton^ P.B.A. 
 
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 14 
 
 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN, 
 
 CHAS. DIXON. 
 
 131 The Port op Livebpool f(:Z Xycv^ J^^ii^o^^Ay) A^JzJl^yru'i^'yx^ 
 
 S6k6o 
 
 J. HORACE HOOPER. 
 
 132 On the Conwat, North Wales 
 
 YEEND KING. 
 
 133 Year's Youth 
 
 E. M. WARD, R.A. 
 
 134 Marie Antoinette, in the Conciergerie 
 
 C. J. STANILAND. 
 
 135 " Where there 's a Will there 's a Way 
 
 W. DENDY SADLER. 
 
 136 Change Companions 
 
 60 in. by 38 in. 
 
 Engraved 
 
 
 
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 W. DENDY SADLER. 
 
 137 Fob He 'b a Jolly Good Fellow 
 37 in. by 49 in. 
 
 Engraved 
 
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 London : Printed by William Clowes & Sons, Limited, Stamford Street 
 and Charing Cross. 
 
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