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Also Known As Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet
Born June 8, 1829 • Southampton • England
Died August 13, 1896 (aged 67) • London
Movement / Style Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

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Ophelia by John Everett Millais
The Blind Girl by John Everett Millais
portrait of Arthur Sullivan by John Everett Millais
Wilkie Collins, detail of an oil painting by J.Millais, 1850; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Grote, detail of an oil painting by Sir John Everett Millais, 1870; in the Senate House, University of London
John Ruskin, detail of an oil painting by John Everett Millais, 1853–54; in a private collection.
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