The clandestine alliance annoyed the Establishment at the time, but Millais went on to be made a baronet, and ultimately became president of the RA. Isabella, Mariana, and The Carpenter's Shop ...

Beauty was a matter of pain for Millais, too. In a rare move for artists of the era, he spent five months painting scenery for Ophelia in a hut along Surrey’s Hogsmill River. “My martyrdom is ...

Almost 160 years after the work’s completion in 1852, Barbara Webb has pin-pointed the location where Millais sat to paint the background to the work. She conducted 18 months of research before ...

It is thought The Somnambulist by the Victorian artist John Everett Millais could fetch £100,000. The council is selling off 35 paintings to fund the restoration and preservation of its fine art ...