Person    | Male  Born 8/6/1829  Died 13/8/1896

Sir John Everett Millais

Categories: Art, Benefactor

Born Southampton. A prodigy, the youngest ever pupil at the Royal Academy School. Co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His friendship with Ruskin did not survive marrying the ex-Mrs Ruskin, Effie. Painted 'Bubbles'. The first artist to be knighted. President of the Royal Academy in 1896. Died at home, 2 Palace Gate, SW7, now marked with a plaque.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir John Everett Millais

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Millais, Hoppe & Bacon

National Art Collections Fund John Everett Millais, 1829 - 1896, Emil Otto ...

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Millais statue

Millais helped found the Tate Gallery in the building behind. Peter Duby p...

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Sir John Everett Millais

Sir John Everett Millais, Bt. PRA (1829 - 1896) painter, lived and died here....

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V&A façade - Millais

The sculptor is elsewhere logged as James Alexander Stevenson but the niche g...

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Sir John Everett Millais

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Rossetti fountain

Unveiled by William Holman Hunt. There must have been a committee to erect th...

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Thomas Gainsborough

Thomas Gainsborough

Born Sudbury, Suffolk.

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Eric Ravilious

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Mitcham - drought relief obelisk

Mitcham - drought relief obelisk

CR4, Madeira Road, Cricket Green

The inscription is badly deteriorated, so we have copied the inscription from the Historic England website.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Oriolet Hospital and Convalescent Home

Oriolet Hospital and Convalescent Home

Founded and endowed by Arnold Frank Hills (1857–1927), MD of Thames Ironworks, sportsman (founder of West Ham FC), philanthropist, and promoter of vegetarianism. A centre of treatment for sick veg...

Group, Medicine

1 memorial