Oil paint on canvas
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-john-everett-millais-bt-379" aria-label="More by Sir John Everett Millais, Bt" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir John Everett Millais, Bt</a>
Boyhood Raleigh
Presented by Amy, Lady Tate in memory of Sir Henry Tate 1900
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
adults
anchor
animals: birds
animals: fish and aquatic life
architecture
beach
boat
boy
brother
children
cliff
clothing and personal items
contemplation
Devon
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
England
England, South West
England, Southern
exploration: Elizabethan, c.1560
family
flower
Genoese
hat
head in hand / hands
history
individuals: male
leisure and pastimes
man
Millais, George
named individuals
nationality
objects
people
places
plants and flowers
pointing
politics and society
portraits
puffin
Raleigh, Walter, Sir
recreational activities
rocky
sailor
sea
seagull
seascapes and coasts
sitting
society
starfish
story telling
talking
townscapes / man-made features
toys and models
trading and commercial
transport: water
UK counties
UK countries and regions
wall
work and occupations
<p>Sir Walter Raleigh was one of the most celebrated explorers of the Elizabethan age. In Millais’s famous painting he is shown as a boy listening with rapt attention to ‘tales of wonder on sea and land’ told by a Genoese sailor. The toy ship in the foreground suggests Raleigh’s future adventures, while the sharp edge of an anchor on the right may allude to the final words he uttered at his execution: ‘Strike, man, strike’.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2016</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
24 October 2001 – 11 July 2005
2005-07-11
24 October 2001
2001-10-24
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2001-10-24
Making British History
Collection based display
26 September 2007 – 26 October 2008
2008-10-26
26 September 2007 – 13 January 2008
2008-01-13
2007-09-26
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
15 February 2008 – 18 May 2008
2008-05-18
2008-02-15
Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/
7 June 2008 – 17 August 2008
2008-08-17
2008-06-07
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art (Kitakyushu-City, Japan)
30 August 2008 – 26 October 2008
2008-10-26
2008-08-30
Bunkamura Museum of Art (Tokyo, Japan)
2007-09-26
Millais
Exhibition
15 February 2008 – 26 October 2008
2008-10-26
15 February 2008 – 18 May 2008
2008-05-18
2008-02-15
Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/
7 June 2008 – 17 August 2008
2008-08-17
2008-06-07
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art (Kitakyushu-City, Japan)
30 August 2008 – 26 October 2008
2008-10-26
2008-08-30
Bunkamura Museum of Art (Tokyo, Japan)
2008-02-15
Millais
Loan-out
2 December 2010 – 14 October 2012
2012-10-14
2 December 2010 – 14 October 2012
2012-10-14
2010-12-02
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2010-12-02
Gallery 9
Collection based display
5 November 2012 – 20 July 2014
2014-07-20
5 November 2012 – 20 July 2014
2014-07-20
2012-11-05
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-11-05
Gallery 9
Collection based display
9 June 2015 – 13 September 2015
2015-09-13
9 June 2015 – 13 September 2015
2015-09-13
2015-06-09
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2015-06-09
Fighting History
Exhibition
26 May 2018 – 31 October 2018
2018-10-31
26 May 2018 – 31 October 2018
2018-10-31
2018-05-26
Fairlynch Museum (Budleigh Salterton, UK)
2018-05-26
Raleigh 400
Loan-out
The Boyhood of Raleigh
support: 1206 × 1422 mm

Presented by Amy, Lady Tate in memory of <a href="/search?gid=999999962" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Sir Henry Tate</a> 1900
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<p>Sir Walter Raleigh was one of the most celebrated explorers of the Elizabethan age. In Millais’s famous painting he is shown as a boy listening with rapt attention to ‘tales of wonder on sea and land’ told by a Genoese sailor. The toy ship in the foreground suggests Raleigh’s future adventures, while the sharp edge of an anchor on the right may allude to the final words he uttered at his execution: ‘Strike, man, strike’.</p>
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actions: expressive actions: postures and motions adults anchor animals: birds animals: fish and aquatic life architecture beach boat boy brother children cliff clothing and personal items contemplation Devon emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas England England, Southern England, South West exploration: Elizabethan, c.1560 family flower Genoese hat head in hand / hands history individuals: male leisure and pastimes man Millais, George named individuals nationality objects people places plants and flowers pointing politics and society portraits puffin Raleigh, Walter, Sir recreational activities rocky sailor sea seagull seascapes and coasts sitting society starfish story telling talking townscapes / man-made features toys and models trading and commercial transport: water UK counties UK countries and regions wall work and occupations