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"Never is a very long word," Illustration to Anthony Trollope's "Orley Farm"
"Never is a very long word," Illustration to Anthony Trollope's "Orley Farm"

"Never is a very long word," Illustration to Anthony Trollope's "Orley Farm"

John Everett Millais (English, 1829–1896)
Dalziel Brothers (English, active 1839–93)
1862
Medium/TechniqueWood engraving; touched and burnished India proof
DimensionsBlock: 17.2 x 10.7 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/16 in.); Sheet: 22.7 x 19.2 cm (8 15/16 x 7 9/16 in.)
Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession number55.3137
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptionsl.l.: "DALZIEL Sc"; l.r.: artist's monogram; margins in graphite pencil: sketches and notes from artist to engraver ProvenanceHarold Hartley, England (1851-1943): to Sir Harold Hartley, London, England (1878-1972); from whom purchased by MFA April 14,1955.
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