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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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
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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George Stubbs

George Stubbs

Painter known for his animal portraits, particularly horses. Born: Liverpool. Died: London

Person, Art

1 memorial
Julia Clara Pitt Byrne, née Busk

Julia Clara Pitt Byrne, née Busk

Writer and illustrator.  1842 married William Pitt Byrne and, when the time came, designed his memorial.  Died at home, 16 Montagu Street.

Person, Art, Literature

1 memorial
John Sparkes

John Sparkes

Principal of the Lambeth School of Arts 1858 - 1900. Born as John Charles Lewis Sparkes in Brixton. Began teaching at Lambeth in 1857. Cultivated a special relationship between the school and Doult...

Person, Art, Education, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Mabel Dearmer

Mabel Dearmer

Novelist, playwright, translator and illustrator.  Born Jessie Mabel Prichard White, daughter of Surgeon-Major William White. Her illustrations were accepted by the Yellow Book. 1892 married Percy ...

Person, Art, Literature, Theatre, Balkans

War dead, WW1
2 memorials
Stella Newton

Stella Newton

Fashion designer and dress historian, who brought the history of fashion to bear on art history and the dating of paintings. She designed for the theatre and for fashion, having her own shop in the...

Person, Art, Craft / Design, History

1 memorial

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S. G. Purkis

S. G. Purkis

St Marylebone Borough Engineer and Surveyor in 1965.

Person, Engineering

1 memorial
Carpenters' Hall plaque - rebuilding

Carpenters' Hall plaque - rebuilding

EC2, London Wall, 1 Throgmorton Avenue

The plaque refers to the unveiling day being 'Election Day'. There was no General Election in 1956. The Lord Mayor's election to office d...

2 subjects commemorated, 8 creators
Grosvenor Hotel - head 03

Grosvenor Hotel - head 03

SW1, Buckingham Palace Road, Grosvenor Hotel

This 1860 building, by architect James Knowles Snr, is studded with many portrait busts of which we believe only these 14 are representat...