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A YEOMAN OF THE GUARD.
A YEOMAN OF THE GUARD.



Bell's Miniature Series of Painters



SIR JOHN EVERETT
MILLAIS


BY A. L. BALDRY



LONDON
GEORGE BELL & SONS
1908




First Published, December, 1902.
Reprinted, December, 1907.




TABLE OF CONTENTS


Life of the Artist
        The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
        Later Developments
        Last Years

The Art of Millais

Our Illustrations

The Chief Works of Millais in Public Galleries, etc.




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


A Yeoman of the Guard ... Frontispiece

Christ in the House of His Parents

A Souvenir of Velazquez

The Vale of Rest

Ophelia

Autumn Leaves

The North-West Passage

Thomas Carlyle




SIR JOHN MILLAIS



HIS LIFE

Although John Everett Millais was born,on June 8, 1829, at Portland Place, Southampton,his father was an inhabitant of Jersey,and a member of a family which had been settledin that island from a date anterior to the Normanconquest. The first five years of the child's lifewere spent in Jersey, but in 1835 he was taken byhis parents to Dinan, in Brittany, where he began,by his sketches of the scenery of the place andthe types of the people, to give the firstconvincing proofs of the remarkable artistic capacitythat was in him. These early efforts were sosurprising, and attracted so much attentionoutside his family circle, that when he was not morethan nine years old he was brought to Londonfor an expert opinion on his chances in theprofession for which he seemed predestined. ThePresident of the Royal Academy, Sir MartinArcher Shee, was consulted, and his encouragingdeclaration, that "Nature had provided for theboy's success," decided the future of the youngartist, who was at once allowed to begin seriousstudy.

In 1838 he entered the drawing-school inBloomsbury which was carried on by HenrySass, and regarded as the best available placefor the training of budding genius. In thesame year he took the silver medal of the Societyof Arts, for a drawing from the antique, andcaused quite a sensation when he appeared, atthe distribution of the prizes, to receive his awardfrom the Duke of Sussex, who was presiding.The sur

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