Born Southampton. A prodigy, the youngest ever pupil at the Royal Academy School. Co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His friendship with Ruskin did not survive marrying the ex-Mrs Ruskin, Effie. Painted 'Bubbles'. The first artist to be knighted. President of the Royal Academy in 1896. Died at home, 2 Palace Gate, SW7, now marked with a plaque.
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Sir John Everett Millais
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Millais, Hoppe & Bacon
National Art Collections Fund John Everett Millais, 1829 - 1896, Emil Otto ...
Millais statue
Millais helped found the Tate Gallery in the building behind. Peter Duby p...
Sir John Everett Millais
Sir John Everett Millais, Bt. PRA (1829 - 1896) painter, lived and died here....
V&A façade - Millais
The sculptor is elsewhere logged as James Alexander Stevenson but the niche g...
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Sir John Everett Millais
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Rossetti fountain
Unveiled by William Holman Hunt. There must have been a committee to erect th...
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Sir William Nicholson
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Edward Lear
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Charles Keeping
Illustrator. Born Charles William James Keeping in Lambeth. Initially he worked as an illustrator of children's books, and then undertook for the Folio Society, the massive task of illustrating all...
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