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Saturday, April 23, 2011

John Everett Millais - Euphemia Chalmers ('Effie') Gray, Mrs John Ruskin


oil on panel, 1853
230 x 210mm
Wightwick Manor


Painted while the Ruskins and Millais were on hoiday in Scotland in July 1853.

2 comments:

  1. John Everett Millais and Mrs John Ruskin married in 1855, only two years after this quiet domestic scene was painted :) Love it.

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  2. I've always liked Millais for his devotion to her. There's a new book on them, but I've lost the link.

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