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Millais

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Mil·lais  (m-l), Sir John Everett 1829-1896.
British painter and a founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (1848). His works include Christ in the Carpenter's Shop (1850) and Order of Release (1853).
Millais [ˈmɪleɪ]
n
(Biographies / Millais, Sir John Everett (1829-1896) M, English, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter) Sir John Everett. 1829-96, English painter, who was a founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His works include The Order of Release (1853) and The Blind Girl (1856)
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Noun1.MillaisMillais - Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1829-1896)
Sir John Everett Millais


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We like to think these things, but we can only make believe to ourselves as Millais did when he went to Budleigh Salterton and painted that picture.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
Millais, and the three formed the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, in which Rossetti, whose disposition throughout his life was extremely self-assertive, or even domineering, took the lead.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
Suppose Queen Victoria gave a dinner-party, and that the guests had been Leighton, Millais, Swinburne, Rossetti, Meredith, Fitzgerald, etc.
Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context
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