Yes!
Standing in an interior next to potted tree in bud, a man dressed in a coat takes the hands of a woman and waits for her answer. His garb and trunk indicates that he is about to leave on a journey, while the tree symbolize the couple's future relationship. Based on a painting exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1877 (no.409), now in aprivate collection.
Artwork Details
- Title: Yes!
- Engraver: Samuel Cousins (British, Exeter 1801–1887 London)
- Artist: After Sir John Everett Millais (British, Southampton 1829–1896 London)
- Publisher: Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd. (London)
- Publisher: Knoedler and Co.
- Date: 1878
- Medium: Mixed method engraving
- Dimensions: image: 22 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (57.2 x 44.4 cm)
plate: 27 9/16 x 21 15/16 in. (70 x 55.8 cm)
sheet: 29 7/8 x 23 3/4 in. (75.9 x 60.4 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.592.22
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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