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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Festival of Britain
'A tonic for the Nation', The Festival was intended to cheer us all up after WW2, and incidentally to celebrate the centenary of the 1851 Great Exhibition. The symbol for the Festival was designed ...
20 memorials
Julia Clara Pitt Byrne, née Busk
Writer and illustrator. 1842 married William Pitt Byrne and, when the time came, designed his memorial. Died at home, 16 Montagu Street.
1 memorial
Edward McKnight Kauffer
Artist and designer. Born in Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, USA. As an art student, he was sponsored by Professor Joseph McKnight, from whom he adopted his middle name. He moved to Paris whe...
1 memorial
William Ranwell
Artist. Much of his work is of river scenes in east London, documenting navy shipbuilding, and dock construction. We can't find a picture of him, so have used his painting of the launch of H.M.S. T...
1 memorial
Led by Donkeys
From their Facebook page: "Art, activism and accountability. All our work is funded by the public, no big donors."
1 memorial
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