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The subject is taken from Sir Walter Scott's novel 'The Bride of Lammermoor' where Edgar, Master of Ravenswood, has just rescued Lucy Ashton from a wild bull. Lucy is the daughter of his enemy but she, unaware of his identity, is surprised at his cold manner. The artist's model for Ravenswood perfectly fitted Scott's description: 'A monteso cap and a black feather drooped over the wearer's brow, and partly concealed his features which, so far as seen were dark, regular and full of majestic through somewhat sullen expression.' John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rossetti had formed the revolutionary Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848. Millais was the first to return to conventionality, becoming an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1853.
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Bristol
Title
The Bride of Lammermoor
Date
1878
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 151.1 x W 107.3 cm
Accession number
K864
Acquisition method
gift from Walter Melville Wills, 1927
Work type
Painting
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Queens Road, Bristol, Bristol BS8 1RL England
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