"My Second Sermon" by Sir John Everett Millais Bt PRA (1829-96) (original) (raw)
My Second Sermon
Sir John Everett Millais Bt PRA (1829-96)
1864
Oil on canvas
97 x 72cm
Guildhall Art Gallery (702)
Bequeathed by Charles Gassiot, 1902
Reproduced courtesy of the Corporation of London
This companion piece to My First Sermon might not have pleased the Archbishop of Canterbury quite as much as the earlier painting did, but he gamely resolved that he and his brethren in the church should profit by the lesson it imparted. [Commentary continues below. Click on the picture to enlarge it, and mouse over the text for links.]
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