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Inspired by Autumn Leaves
Autumn Leaves features the younger sisters of Millais’ wife (Previously Ruskin’s wife!). The two older girls, while the other two girls were locals from the Perthshire village where Millais lived.
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The Hireling Shepherd (detail)
Based on St John’s Gospel – bible story where sheep go astray and are taken by wolves it had resonance with what was going on in the Church of England
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Inspired by Answering the Emigrant’s Letter
Drawing on urgent social problems of the time concerning emigration, this was a topical subject in 1850′s. Between 1847 and 1852 one and a half million people , many of
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Child’s innocent gaze
The Pre-Raphaelite influences in this picture are the child’s innocent gaze, large eyes a general feeling of peacefulness as in many of the paintings in the experiment.
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Studio One members make their own artistic responses
Studio One is a socially inclusive visual arts service based in Wythenshawe. The project is part of Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust and works with people to improve
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