On the eighth of June in 1829, Sir John Everett Millais was born. His artistic talent was obvious from a young age and he was the youngest student to enter the Royal Academy Schools at age eleven. Millais was a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and his early Pre-Raphaelite works are shining examples of Pre-Raphaelitism. And even though I have read so many comments from people who criticize his later works, I cannot help but love them. Late era Millais may be different from early era Millais, but he is still brilliant.
![Photograph (detail) of John Everett Millais, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)](http://preraphaelitesisterhood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Photograph_of_John_Everett_Millais_by_Charles_Dodgson.jpg)
Previous posts on this site about Millais and his works include:
A transcription of the history of Pre-Raphaelitism by the artist’s son John Guille Millais.
Pre-Raphaelite Marriage: Ruskin,, Effie, and Millais
!['Ophelia' (1852) John Everett Millais. Model: Elizabeth Siddal](http://preraphaelitesisterhood.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/john-everett-millais-ophelia-1024x696.jpg)
Unfinished story of Unselfish Love
Effie Millais describes Apple Blossoms
The Happy Marriage of Effie Millais
!['Ferdinand Lured by Ariel', Sir John Everett Millais](http://preraphaelitesisterhood.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sir-john-everett-millais-ferdinand-lured-by-ariel.jpg)
![The Somnambulist, Sir John Everett Millai](http://preraphaelitesisterhood.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/The_Somnambulist_Millais.jpg)