Lot 3: WILLIAM MAW EGLEY

WILLIAM MAW EGLEY 1826-1916 TARTUFFE AT SUPPER Quantity: 2 signed with initials and dated l.l.: W.M.E. May.1853./ + May. 1854. pencil, with a signed pen and ink study for the 1847 Portrait of the Lempiere Family by Sir John Everett Millais one 18 by 14cm., 7 by 5 1/2 in., the other 22 by 32cm., 8 by 12 1/2 in.

Millais drawing - Mrs Hesketh, by whom sold Sotheby's, 27 April 1982, part of lot 301 (with a letter stating that the picture was taken to Millais to be signed on 12 June 1885);
Alan B. Gateley and thence by descent

For a photograph of the additional picture please see the online catalogue at sothebys.com