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The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais. President of the Royal Academy. By his son, John Guille Millais. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1899. First Edition. Vol. I: 446 p. Vol. II: 510 p. Half-leather marbled binding 10.25 x 7.5", large 8vos. In fair condition. Both boards of Vol. I detached, front board of Vol. II detached. Boards are scuffed at edges and worn at leather corners. Rear hinge of Vol. II rubbed; raised bands rubbed. Heads and tail of spines scuffed with light chipping. Top edges gilt; fore and bottom edges deckled. Gilt deco and lettering overall bright and clean. Previous ownership bookplates found on front paste-downs: "From Among the Books of David Dargler." Normal toning throughout text-blocks, mostly at edges of leaves. Tissue guards exhibit light off-setting from plates. Boards need repair (i.e. reattached). Please see photos. Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet (1829 – 1896) was an English painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He was a child prodigy who, aged eleven, became the youngest student to enter the Royal Academy Schools. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was founded at his family home in London, at 83 Gower Street (now number 7). Millais became the most famous exponent of the style, his painting Christ in the House of His Parents (1849–50) generating considerable controversy, and he produced a picture that could serve as the embodiment of the historical and naturalist focus of the group, Ophelia , in 1851–52. RAREA1899CKLA - 11/18 FORN-TUB-0065-BB-2502-HKREV455
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