The Blind Girl (1854-1856). John Everett Millais (English, 1829-1896). Oil on canvas. Birm
The Blind Girl (1854-1856). John Everett Millais (English, 1829-1896). Oil on canvas. Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.The distant background of this painting shows the village of Winchelsea in Sussex. The models were Matilda Proudfoot as the blind girl and Isabella Nichol as her younger sister. Millais had first used his wife Effie but then replaced her with Matilda. The scene deals with the contemporary social problem of vagrancy, focusing on the predicament of children and the disabled. -- source link
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