Lot 1168: William Henry Millais (1828-1899) "The Valley of

William Henry Millais (1828-1899) "The Valley of the Rocks, Lynton, North Devon, showing Lee Abbey" Watercolour and gouache heightened with white, 33.5cm by 202.5cm Exhibited at Tate Britain exhibition "Pre-Raphaelite Vision Truth to Nature", 12th February 2004 - 3rd May 2004, ex. collection Michael Webb, stock no. X04368 Provenance: With J & S R Fuller & Co, Gallery of Fine Arts, 34 & 35 Rathbone Place, London The brother of Sir John Everett Millais Bt. P.R.A. (1829-1896). Exhibited from 1853-1892. His son married Judith Agnes Boothby in 1860. He and John are known to have collaborated on a few pictures in the 1850's. There was some cleaning and renovation to the picture upon the occasion of the pre-Raphaelite vision exhibition at Tate Britain in 2004.