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John Guille Millais (/ ˈ m ɪ l eɪ / MIL-ay, also US: / m ɪ ˈ l eɪ / mil-AY; 24 March 1865 – 24 March 1931) was a British artist, naturalist, gardener and travel writer who specialised in wildlife and flower portraiture. He travelled extensively around the world in the late Victorian period detailing wildlife often for the first time.
Died: 24 March 1931. Nationality: British. Gender: Male. The Royal Academy of Arts, located in the heart of London, is a place where art is made, exhibited and debated.
John Guille Millais was a British artist, naturalist, gardener and travel writer who specialised in wildlife and flower portraiture. He travelled extensively around the world in the late Victorian period detailing wildlife often for the first time.
Carrion John Sydney Steel (1863–1932) and John Guille Millais (1865–1931) Perth Art Gallery (managed by Culture Perth and Kinross) Find out more. Biography on ...
Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet PRA (UK: / ˈ m ɪ l eɪ / MIL-ay, US: / m ɪ ˈ l eɪ / mil-AY; 8 June 1829 – 13 August 1896) was an English painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
In his biography of his father, John Guille Millais notes that the Great Sheffield Flood of 1864 was the inspiration for the work. This man-made disaster, caused by a failed dam, killed at least 240 people, but here Millais leaves us with hope that the punting couple will rescue their floating child.
These drawings relate to 'The Last Trek', a composition that Millais produced for the frontispiece of a book by his son, John Guille Millais, entitled A Breath from the Veld (published London,1895).
