John Everett Millais and the Wyatt family

[The Wyatt children]

[James Wyatt and his Granddaughter] 1849 oil on panel

[Mrs James Wyatt and her daughter Sarah] c. 1850 Tate Gallery

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James Wyatt (1774 - 1853) met Millais about 1846 when he painted a watercolour of his granddaughter Mary. Wyatt was a collector and dealer (as well as being a print publisher and Mayor of Oxford 1842-3). He commissioned several family portraits from Millais.

http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/millais/rooms/room1.shtm

http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/millais/paintings/lahikainen3.html