The 18 Artworks of Sir John Everett Millais

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A Masterpiece of Pre-Raphaelite Artistry

John Everett Millais's Ophelia (1851-1852) is a captivating and poignant masterpiece that embodies the spirit of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. ...

Hurdy Gurdy Boy Sir John Everett Millais

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Sir John Everett Millais - Hurdy Gurdy Boy

Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery (United Kingdom)

The Boyhood of Raleigh Sir John Everett Millais

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Sir John Everett Millais - The Boyhood of Raleigh

Portraits
Sea

A huguenot Sir John Everett Millais

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The Lady of Shalott Sir John Everett Millais, Bt

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Sir John Everett Millais, Bt - The Lady of Shalott

Drawing

Art Gallery of South Australia (Adelaide, Australia)

Mariana Sir John Everett Millais

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Wood

Hearts are Trumps Sir John Everett Millais

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Sir John Everett Millais - Hearts are Trumps

Ophelia Sir John Everett Millais

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This is the drowning Ophelia from Shakespeare/

The Vale of Rest Sir John Everett Millais, Bt

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Sir John Everett Millais, Bt - The Vale of Rest

Stirred by the spirituality and yearning in Mendelssohn/

Dew-Drenched Furze Sir John Everett Millais

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Sir John Everett Millais - Dew-Drenched Furze

This late landscape is a visionary evocation of nature. Within a symmetrical composition and vertical format, light filters through the trees. According to his son JG Millais, Millais/

The Order of Release 1746 Sir John Everett Millais

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Sir John Everett Millais - The Order of Release 1746

This picture shows the release of a Jacobite soldier, imprisoned by the English after the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie/

Mrs James Wyatt Jr and her Daughter Sarah Sir John Everett Millais

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Sir John Everett Millais - Mrs James Wyatt Jr and her Daughter Sarah

Oil

Eliza Wyatt is shown here with her daughter Sarah. Eliza was the daughter-in-law of James Wyatt, a collector, dealer and print publisher who supported the Pre-Raphaelites.The prints on the wall show Renaissance masterpieces: Raphael/

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$Sir John Everett Millais - Christ in the House of His Parents (`The Carpenter\$ Christ in the House of His Parents (`The Carpenter\Sir John Everett Millais

This picture was exhibited with words from the Old Testament, often seen as prefiguring Christ/

The Yeoman of the Guard Sir John Everett Millais

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Sir John Everett Millais - The Yeoman of the Guard

This is a portrait of John Charles Montague, who had been a corporal in the 16th Lancers and served for more than twenty years in India. He distinguished himself in battle on several occasions. When he retired in 1847 he was appointed a Yeoman of the Guard. Millais shows him the uniform of the yeome...

Autumn Leaves Sir John Everett Millais

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Sir John Everett Millais - Autumn Leaves

City Art Gallery (Manchester, United Kingdom)

Portraits
Forests
Autumn
Nature

A Masterpiece of Transience and Beauty

John Everett Millais's Autumn Leaves (1856) is a captivating oil painting that embodies the ephemeral beauty of nature during the transitional...

The North-West Passage Sir John Everett Millais, Bt

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Sir John Everett Millais, Bt - The North-West Passage

The north-west passage was the unnavigable sea route round North America which was thought to provide a passage to the East. In time, it became synonymous with failure, adversity and death, with men and ships battling against hopeless odds in a frozen wilderness. Millais painted this picture in 1874...

Isabella Sir John Everett Millais

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Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool, United Kingdom)

The wealthy Florentine merchant brothers opposed the love of their poor apprentice Lorenzo for their sister Isabella. The brothers later murdered Lorenzo but Isabella found his body, cut off the head and buried it in a pot of basil. The story is from a poem by John Keats, based on the 14th century I...

The rescue Sir John Everett Millais

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National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia)

John Everett Millais regarded The rescue (or ‘The Fireman’, as the artist himself usually referred to it) as one of his best paintings. As his submission to the Royal Academy exhibition in London in 1855, The rescue was a startlingly modern subject for Millais, who in 1848 had been a founding member...