Framed Sir John Everett Millais

Framed Sir John Everett Millais

matted and framed print from an original by Victorian English artist Sir John Everett Millais.
Titled:- "The Little Speedwell''s Darling Blue"
Original was painted in 1892.
The model in this picture was the artist''s granddaughter
Phyllis, sister of Willie James who posed for Bubbles.
The title, a quotation from Tennyson''s In Memoriam, comes from a section of the poem that expresses the soul''s longing for the regenerative effects of spring. In the painting this feeling is conveyed by the delicate speedwell, one of the first flowers to open at the onset of the season.
Width of frame is 12.5”inches, height , 11” W