Tennyson’s The Sisters – Figure Sketch 1855 - 1856

This pencil sketch by Sir John Everett Millais, titled "Tennyson's The Sisters – Figure Sketch", was created between 1855 and 1856. It depicts a scene from Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem “The Sisters”, with one sister tending to another who appears to be ill. The sketch was a preliminary study for Millais’s 1857 painting, “The Sisters”. It provides insight into the artist's creative process, showing the initial composition and figure studies for the final work.