The Eve of St. AgnesSir John Everett Millais1The Eve of St. AgnesSir John Everett Millais1862-1863R.A., 1863 (no.287); R.A., 1967 (no.63)£800Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Motherpurchased from the artist possibly by Gambart for £800; in the collection
of Charles Lucas by 1865; Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Motheroil on canvas46 1/2 x 61 in.monogram1863Inscribed with monogram and date.
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This work illustrates a scene in Keats's poem in which Madeline undresses by moonlight (stanza XXVI).
It occurs earlier in the narrative than the version depicted by fellow Pre-Raphaelite Holman
Hunt.