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Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt (1829-1896), Painter and President of the Royal Academy

Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue

Sitter associated with 69 portraits
Artist associated with 39 portraits
Painter born in Southampton. Millais entered the Royal Academy schools at the age of eleven, exhibiting his first work at the RA aged sixteen. In 1848 together with William Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rossetti he formed the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He painted some of the movement's masterpieces, including Lorenzo and Isabella and Christ in the House of His Parents, works that also caused furious controversy. He became President of the RA after Leighton's death in 1896.

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1859

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt

by Charles Robert Leslie
oil on panel, 1852
NPG 1859

2914

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt

by William Holman Hunt
chalk, 1853
On display at National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA in the exhibition 'Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde'
NPG 2914

4959

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt

by Alexander Munro
plaster relief, circa 1853
NPG 4959

P301(36)

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt

by (George) Herbert Watkins
albumen print, 1857
NPG P301(36)

P79

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt

by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1860s
On display in Room 24 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG P79

1117

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt

by Charles Samuel Keene
pen and ink, 1860s
NPG 1117

1516

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt

by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of statuette, 1863
NPG 1516

3552

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt

by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1871
On display at Bodelwyddan Castle
NPG 3552

2626

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt

by Carlo Pellegrini
pencil, watercolour and gouache, published in Vanity Fair 13 May 1871
NPG 2626

1833

Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888

by Henry Jamyn Brooks
oil on canvas, 1889
On display in Room 21 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1833

2820

The Royal Academy Conversazione, 1891

by G. Grenville Manton
pen, ink and gouache, 1891
NPG 2820

4245

Selecting Committee, Royal Academy, circa 1892

by Reginald Cleaver
pen and ink, circa 1892
NPG 4245

1711

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt

by Theodore Blake Wirgman
pencil, 1896
NPG 1711

1329

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt

by (Edward) Onslow Ford
plaster cast of bust, circa 1896
NPG 1329

1329a

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt

by (Edward) Onslow Ford
bronze bust, 1923
On display in Room 28 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1329a

x6275

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt

by (George) Herbert Watkins
albumen print on card mount, 1857
NPG x6275

Ax7919

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt

by (George) Herbert Watkins
albumen print, oval, 1857
NPG Ax7919

Ax14867

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt

by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax14867

x6276

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt

by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, early-mid 1860s
NPG x6276

x6277

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt

by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG x6277

Links
All paintings by this artist on the BBC Your Paintings website
Category
Art
Groups
Artists and artisans
Pre-Raphaelites
Presidents of the Royal Academy
Place
Northumberland