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John Everett Millais was an English artist and co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Some of his most famous paintings include 'Ophelia', 'Christ in the House of his Parents' and 'The Order of Release'. He was also a successful book illustrator and among those he contributed drawings to were works by Anthony Trollope, Alfred Lord Tennyson and his friend Wilkie Collins. He was the first artist to be awarded a hereditary title becoming a baronet in 1885. In 1896, the year of his death, he became President of the Royal Academy.
John Everett Millais was an English artist and co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Some of his most famous paintings include 'Ophelia', 'Christ in the House of his Parents' and 'The Order of Release'. He was also a successful book illustrator and among those he contributed drawings to were works by Anthony Trollope, Alfred Lord Tennyson and his friend Wilkie Collins. He was the first artist to be awarded a hereditary title becoming a baronet in 1885. In 1896, the year of his death, he became President of the Royal Academy.
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| Title: | Letter from John Everett Millais |
|---|---|
| Description: | John Everett Millais agrees to make a drawing and requests the accompanying text and a previous engraving. Unfortunately the work he refers to is not identified in his letter. |
| Address: | Bowerswell, Perth |
| Letter dated: | 15-09-1862 |
| Physical description: | Sampson Low Letters, Volume 1, 1 page ; some minor glue seepage. |
| Type of letter: | Discussion of work published or forthcoming, including copyright |
| Rights statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | No further use without permission. Contact university-archive@open.ac.uk |
| Image rights: | Sir John Everett Millais. Photograph by John & Chas. Watkins. Wellcome Collection. CC BY 4.0 |
| Identifier: | SL_124 |
