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The Bride of Lammermoor

1882
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In an episode from Sir Walter Scott’s novel The Bride of Lammermoor, Lucy Ashton is escorted through a Scottish wood by Edgar, Master of Ravenswood. He has just rescued her from the attack of a wild bull but cannot contain his negative feelings towards the daughter of a sworn enemy. Despite the rift between their families the couple will soon fall in love, with tragic consequences. When Millais painted this composition in 1878, his youthful association with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood were long behind him. Now a successful Royal Academician he favored uncontroversial, often sentimental, subjects and painted more broadly. Long periods of residence in Scotland likely stimulated him to select the present theme.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Bride of Lammermoor
  • Engraver: Thomas Oldham Barlow (British, Oldham, Lancashire 1824–1889 London)
  • Artist: After Sir John Everett Millais (British, Southampton 1829–1896 London)
  • Publisher: Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd. (London) , Liverpool and Manchester
  • Publisher: Knoedler and Co. , New York
  • Author: Related author Sir Walter Scott (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1771–1832 Abbotsford, Scotland)
  • Date: 1882
  • Medium: Mezzotint with stipple and etching on chine collé; proof before letters
  • Dimensions: Image: 27 1/16 × 19 13/16 in. (68.8 × 50.3 cm)
    Sheet: 29 3/4 × 21 7/8 in. (75.5 × 55.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
  • Object Number: 63.648.37
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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