The blind girl

Millais, John Everett (1829-1896)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1854-1856
Height:
80.8 cm  (31 13/16 in.)
Width:
53.4 cm  (21 in.)
WikiPaintings dimensions: 82.6 x 62.2.
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas
Place of creation:
Winchelsea (England)
School:
Pre-Raphaelite

    Item location

  • Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery

Description

A blind girl sits in a field with a younger girl on her lap. Also on her lap is an accordion.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Accordion [3732]

Image URLs

image link 1
At present no image is available from the owning gallery.

Notes

The sitters for this work were Matilda Proudfoot and Isabella Nicol, whom Millais used also for his companion work "Autumn Leaves" (no musical content).

RIdIM record id

2984