John Everett Millais, Esq., A.R.A., from "Illustrated News of the World"
Medium
Engraving after a photograph, on chine collé
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 9/16 × 10 5/16 in. (39.5 × 26.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.756–764
Tags
About the Artist
John and Charles Watkins|Sir John Everett Millais|Daniel John Pound · 1840–1875
**John and Charles Watkins: Pioneers of Victorian Portrait Photography** John Watkins (1823–1874) and his younger brother Octavius Charles Watkins (1836–1882) were prominent British portrait photographers whose collaborative studio captured the luminaries of Victorian Britain.) Born in Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales, John began his career around 1840, establishing a studio at 34 Parliament Street i...