Title

'My Second Sermon', 1864, (1947). Creator: John Everett Millais.

Caption

'My Second Sermon', 1864, (1947). 'The Artist's Daughter in Winchelsea Church': portrait of Millais' daughter Effie, aged about five, having fallen asleep during the service. The location was probably All Saints Church at Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey. A companion piece, painted a year or so earlier, shows her sitting upright and looking somewhat daunted during her first sermon. Painting in the Guildhall Art Gallery, London. From "English Hymns and Hymn Writers", by Adam Fox. [Collins, London, 1947]

Credit line

Photo12/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19G32_467

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NA

Property release

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License type

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Available size

62,5Mb (2,2Mb) / 14,0in x 17,4in / 4188 x 5216 (300dpi)

Keywords

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