Sir John Everett Millais, RA: Theme, Subject, and Motif

Romantic Love, Its Sorrows and Tragedies

• Romeo and Juliet, 1848
• Lorenzo and Isabella, 1848-49
• The Woodman's Daughter, 1850-51
• Mariana, 1850-51
• Mariana, 1857 (Moxon Tennyson)
• Ophelia, 1851-52
• St. Agnes' Eve, 1857 (Moxon Tennyson)

Transience and Mortality

• Autumn Leaves, 1856
• Capturing a Transient Moment: Millais's Autumn Leaves
• Millais's Melancholic Beauty in Autumn Leaves
• Mortality, Purity, and Religious Contemplation in Autumn Leaves
• Nostalgic Intensity in Autumn Leaves
• The Vale of Rest, 1858
• The North-West Passage, 1874

Religious Themes and Biblical Allusion

• Christ in the House of His Parents, 1849-50
• Victory, O Lord!, 1870
• The Blindgirl, 1856
• A Huguenot, on St. Bartholomew's Day refusing to shield himself from danger by wearing a Roman Catholic badge, 1851-52
• Mariana and Angelo or Mary and the Angel

The Rescuing or Protective Woman

• A Huguenot, on St. Bartholomew's Day refusing to shield himself from danger by wearing a Roman Catholic badge, 1851-52
• The Order of Release
• The Black Brunswicker

Beautiful Children

• Bubbles

Last modified 15 May 2007