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Compositional sketches for Parable of the Good Samaritan

(English, 1829–1896)
about 1863
Medium/TechniqueGraphite pencil on paper
DimensionsSheet: 21.2 x 13.1 cm (8 3/8 x 5 3/16 in.)
Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession number55.1446
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsOn verso: sketches, notes for woodengraved illustration in "Parable of the Good Samaritan" (Good Words, 1863, p. 241)
ProvenanceHarold T. Hartley, (1851-1943, London); to his son Sir Harold Hartley (1878-1972, London); purchased by MFA, April 14, 1955.
John Everett Millais
about 1863