Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
1 portrait of Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
by and published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, after Joseph Parkin Mayall
photogravure, published 1884
6 1/2 in. x 8 5/8 in. (165 mm x 218 mm) image size
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax27818
Sitterback to top
- Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt (1829-1896), Painter and President of the Royal Academy; ex-officio Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. Sitter in 76 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 43 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 376 portraits.
- Joseph Parkin Mayall (1839-1906), Photographer; son of John Jabez Edwin Mayall (née Jabez Meal). Artist or producer associated with 32 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (sitter's studio, 2 Palace Gate, Kensington, London)
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Events of 1884back to top
Current affairs
The Third Reform Act further reduces the financial threshold for voters, extending the franchise to all householders in the counties, achieving uniformity with those in the boroughs, and effectively doubling the electorate from 2.5 million to just under 5 million.Foundation of the socialist group, the Fabian Society. The group quickly grows in size, including members Eleanor Marx, George Bernard Shaw and Beatrice Webb.
Art and science
Under the editorship of James Murray, the Oxford English Dictionary begins publication, with the tenth and final volume appearing 1928. The idea for a historical dictionary of the English language had been conceived by members of the Philological Society in 1857, including Frederick Furnivall, and some 800 voluntary readers contributed to the immense project.International
Germany annexes Southwest Africa, Togoland, the Cameroons, and Tanganyike, and launches the scramble for Africa as it becomes the third largest colonial power in the continent. Bismarck also invites the European powers to a West Africa conference in Berlin, which, carving up the map of Africa between them, regulates colonial practice, frees trade and prohibits slavery, formally marking the start of the New Imperialism which would flourish until World War I.Comments back to top
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