The Idle and the Industrious Painter

Sir John Everett Millais Bt PRA (1829-96)

1853

Pen and ink

Source: Millais, I, 206.

It is not clear if Millais, an avid fisherman, is the idle one, or if his brother William is the man holding the rod.

Scanned image and text by George P. Landow

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Bibliography

Millais, John Guile. The Life and Letters of John Everett Millais, President of the Royal Academy. 2 vols. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1899.

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