The pre-raphaelites’ love for history extended beyond the medieval period. Scottish history was made popular during the victorian era through the novels of sir walter scott (1771-1832). Millais was particularly attracted to the romantic period of scottish history during which the jacobites attempted to restore the stuarts to the scottish throne. The central figure, in mock 18th-century dress, sews a cockade (a knot of ribbons) onto a tricorn hat, signifying the wearer’s loyalty to the stuarts. (see references). Object Type: painting. Date: 1862. Dimensions: height: 24 in (60.9 cm); width: 17.7 in (45 cm) with frame: height: 32 in (81.2 cm); width: 25.7 in (65.4 cm). Medium: oil on panel. Collection: Delaware Art Museum. John Everett Millais - The White Cockade
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