A parody of john everett millais's painting 'a dream of the past: sir isumbras at the ford' with john ruskin as a braying ass ridden by millais, and hunt and rossetti as the two children whom the old knight in the painting is carrying across the ford; a tower and arched bridge in the background, three figures representing titian, raphael and michelangelo praying by the side of a pond with a scroll lettered, "orate p[ro] nobis". From the knight's armour hangs a can of paint with the lettering "prb", and branded onto the backside of the donkey is "j[ohn]r[uskin] oxon"; three columns of verse on a scroll below the image. 1857
zincotype. Date: 1857. Dimensions: Height: 446 mm; Width: 490 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: John Everett Millais. Collection: British Museum. A nightmare (BM 1859,0709.848)
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