Christine Riding analyzes Millais' artistic career, his critics and his audience, exploring the broader issues which preoccupied Victorian Britain on the subjec

The long and stellar career of John Everett Millais (1829-1896) has been framed in terms of his rise to notoriety as an original member of the Pre-Raphaelite Br

John Everett Millais (1829-1896) is undoubtedly among the most important of Victorian artists. In his day, and our own, he remains also the most controversial.