Millais was one of the founders of the pre-raphelite brotherhood in 1848. However, he subsequently abandoned the bright colors and the minute attention to detail associated with the brotherhood's style of painting for a broader approach. Marrying a scottish woman, formerly the wife of the critic john ruskin in 1855, he developed an interest in scottish subjects. In this scene from the crimean war (1854-1856), he shows a soldier of the 42nd royal highland regiment, the famed black watch, reading a letter from home. When this painting was exhibited at the royal academy in 1856, ruskin ridiculed the soldier's immaculate appearance under the circumstances. Object Type: painting. Date: 1856. Place of creation: England, United Kingdom. Dimensions: height: 35.5 cm (13.9 in); width: 25 cm (9.8 in); Framed height: 67.3 cm (26.5 in); width: 58.1 cm (22.8 in); depth: 12.8 cm (5 in). Medium: oil on panel. Collection: Walters Art Museum. John Everett Millais - News from Home - Walters 3785
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