A child prodigy - he entered the Royal Academy as its youngest ever student at the age of just 11 - John Everett Millais (1829-1896) rose to prominence as one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. In the view of the art critic John Ruskin, Millais was the most powerful of them all, but he also allied himself with the Victorian artistic establishment. He achieved fame and great wealth as the painter of some of the era's best-known pictures, including Ophelia, Christ in the House of His Parents and The Boyhood of ...
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A child prodigy - he entered the Royal Academy as its youngest ever student at the age of just 11 - John Everett Millais (1829-1896) rose to prominence as one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. In the view of the art critic John Ruskin, Millais was the most powerful of them all, but he also allied himself with the Victorian artistic establishment. He achieved fame and great wealth as the painter of some of the era's best-known pictures, including Ophelia, Christ in the House of His Parents and The Boyhood of Raleigh, as well as portraits of the most celebrated men and fashionable women of the day, numerous paintings of children, engravings and illustrative work.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages. Missing jacket. The dust jacket of the book is missing.
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Used-Very Good. A child prodigy-he entered the Royal Academy as its youngest ever student at the age of just 11-John Everett Millais (1829-1896) rose to prominence as one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. In the view of the art critic John Ruskin, Millais was the most powerful of them all, but he also allied himself with the Victorian artistic establishment. He achieved fame and great wealth as the painter of some of the era's best-known pictures, including Ophelia, Christ in the House of His Parents and The Boyhood of Raleigh, as well as portraits of the most celebrated men and fashionable women of the day, numerous paintings of children, engravings and illustrative work. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector...
