'The Baby-House', by Millais

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Date:1871 - 1872 (c.)

Description:Etching by John Everett Millais (1829-1896).

The Victorian nursery, with its dolls and dolls' houses, provided an early training in motherhood. Millais, perhaps not insignificantly, entitled his etching ‘The Baby-House’.

Bequeathed by James Richardson Holliday.

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Subject Paintings, Prints and Drawings Interiors Fine Art Families and Relationships Children and Childhood 1801-1900 (19th century)

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Creators: John Everett Millais - Creator

Image courtesy of: Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery

Donor ref:BMAG: 1972P71 (110/2251)

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