Ethel Fanny Everett - A Souvenir of Velasquez

signed and indistinctly inscribed '...ine.../by Ethel Everett'
oil on canvas
36 x 28 in.
Price Realized £13,200 (2005)

The present work is a copy after Millais' Royal Academy Diploma work, exhibited in 1868 (no. 632). By the time he was elected President in the year of his death, 1896, Millais' reputation was unrivalled and his works widely reproduced. The Souvenir was twice engraved; once for Art Union (1883) and once for Portfolio.

Ethel Fanny Everett was a portrait painter and illustrator of children's books. She lived in London, and exhibited eight works at the Royal Academy (1911-36).

Ethel Fanny Everett - A Souvenir of Velasquez

after Sir John Everett Millais

oil on canvas

the original was Millais' RA Diploma work of 1868. By the time he was elected President in 1896 (the year of his death) he was immensely popular and his works were widely reproduced and copied. This picture of his was engraved twice.

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fl. 1900 - 1939.

Ethel was a portrait painter and children's book illustrator who lived in London and exhibited at the RA.