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My First Sermon, 1863, (1947). Creator: John Everett Millais

My First Sermon, 1863, (1947). The Artist's Daughter in Winchelsea Church': portrait of Millais daughter Effie, aged about five, sitting upright and somewhat daunted, listening to the preacher's message. The location was probably All Saints Church at Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey. A companion piece, painted a year or so later, shows her fast asleep, the novelty of a church service having waned. Painting in the Guildhall Art Gallery, London. From "English Hymns and Hymn Writers", by Adam Fox. [Collins, London, 1947]

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Destiny, 1900, (c1930). Creator: John William Waterhouse

Destiny, 1900, (c1930). Woman holding a glass bowl, with ships reflected in a large mirror behind; allegorical scene with spatial and temporal inconsistencies, inscribed Artists War Fund above the signature. Painting in the Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum, Burnley, Lancashire. From "Modern Masterpieces of British Art". [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London, c1930]

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Aeneas slaying Mezentius, 1873 (pencil on paper)

955422 Aeneas slaying Mezentius, 1873 (pencil on paper) by Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-98); 17.3x17.2 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK; (add.info.: In Roman mythology, Mezentius was an Etruscan king, and father of Lausus. Sent into exile because of his cruelty, he moved to Latium. He reveled in bloodshed and was overwhelmingly savage on the battlefield, but more significantly to a Roman audience he was a contemptor divum, a "despiser of the gods."); © Fitzwilliam Museum

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