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Fig 7 7 7⁄8 John John Everett Millais Effie Effie with Foxgloves Foxgloves in in in Her Hair (The Foxgloves) (Euphemia ‘Effie’ Chalmers Gray 1828–1897 Mrs John John Ruskin) 1853 22 5 5 5 x x x x 20 5 5 5 cm (87⁄8 x x x x 8 8 7⁄8 8 in in in ) ) ) National Trust Wightwick Manor Wolverhampton Effie Gray (fig 7) came from a a a a Perthshire family wherein she was the the eldest of eight In addition her her mother had raised seven more children none of of whom lived past the age of of six Effie had been a a second mother to her her younger siblings: there was no no question of her her not having a a a a a family She and John Everett Everett Millais Millais would have eight children Everett Everett Millais Millais was born 30 May 1856 George Gray Millais arrived on 19 September 1857 Euphemia ‘Effie’ Gray Millais was born 28 November 1858 and Effie gave birth to Mary Hunt Millais on 13 May May 1860 In May May of 1861 Effie had a a a a a a miscarriage but on on 10 April 1862 around the time Millais was conceiving The Wolf’s Den Alice Sophia Caroline Millais known in in the family as as Carrie appeared Geoffroy William Millais was born 18 18 September 1863 John Guille Millais the artist’s eventual
family biographer on 24 March 1865 and finally Sophia Margaret Jameson on on 15 June 1868 Eight children Four boys and four girls In less than twelve years (For more information on on Millais’s children see chapter 5) John Everett Millais became a a a a a a a a a family man in a a a a a a a a a hurry It was a a a a a a a a a role that he embraced with uncustomary public gusto for a a a a a male artist in the middle of Victoria’s reign as detailed in chapter 3 Here are Millais’s major works of the 1860s: The Ransom 1860-2 (J Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles fig 8) The Eve of St Agnes 1862-3 (The Royal Collection fig 39) ‘Leisure Hours’ 1864 (Detroit Institute of Arts fig 15) Esther 1865 (private collection) Waking 1865 (Perth Museum and Art Gallery fig 11) and Sleeping 1865-6 (private collection fig 13) Jephthah 1867 (National Gallery of Wales Cardiff) 12