John Everett Millais Print, The captive (1882)

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John Everett Millais Print, The captive (1882)

Bring the enchanting world of Pre-Raphaelite mastery into your home with our museum-quality prints of John Everett Millais's most celebrated works. Each reproduction captures the artist's extraordinary attention to detail, brilliant color palette, and revolutionary artistic vision that helped reshape Victorian art.

John Millais: A Prodigy Who Changed British Art Forever

John Everett Millais (1829-1896) was nothing short of a phenomenon in British art history. At just eleven years old, he became the youngest student ever admitted to the Royal Academy Schools, marking the beginning of an extraordinary artistic journey. A founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood at age nineteen, Millais helped spark an artistic revolution that would challenge the rigid conventions of his time and influence generations of artists to come.

From his early masterpieces like "Ophelia" and "The Blind Girl" to his later, more commercially successful portraits, Millais's evolution as an artist reflects both unwavering technical brilliance and deep emotional sensitivity. His marriage to Effie Gray – originally the wife of art critic John Ruskin – became one of the Victorian era's most talked-about scandals, adding a fascinating layer of romance and controversy to his artistic legacy.

Technique & Style: Where Medieval Meets Modern

Our prints faithfully reproduce Millais's revolutionary techniques that set his work apart:

  • Jewel-like colors achieved through his signature method of painting on a brilliant white ground
  • Microscopic attention to botanical detail, with each flower and leaf rendered with scientific precision
  • Dramatic light effects that seem to illuminate the canvas from within
  • Psychological depth in portraiture that captures both the outer appearance and inner spirit of his subjects
  • Rich symbolic elements that reward repeated viewing with new discoveries

The Pre-Raphaelite Vision

As a cornerstone of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Millais helped establish a new artistic language that rejected the mannered style of post-Renaissance art. Instead, he embraced:

  • Truth to nature in all its minute detail
  • Rich, saturated colors that recall medieval illuminated manuscripts
  • Literary and mythological subjects rendered with unprecedented realism
  • Moral seriousness combined with sensual beauty
  • Integration of symbolic elements that add layers of meaning to each work

Our Premium Reproduction Process

Each print in our collection is created using state-of-the-art giclée printing technology on museum-grade paper, ensuring:

  • Precise color matching to capture Millais's revolutionary palette
  • Exceptional detail resolution that reveals every intricate brushstroke
  • Archival-quality inks rated to resist fading for over 100 years
  • Premium paper that maintains the textural quality of the original works

Whether you're drawn to the haunting beauty of "Ophelia" floating among her flowers,  or the penetrating psychological insight of his portraits, these prints bring the magic of one of Britain's greatest artists into your living space.

Transform your walls into windows onto a world of Pre-Raphaelite beauty with these timeless masterpieces by John Everett Millais.


Available as a fine art print and as a stretched canvas panel (heavy fine art canvas stretched over 1.5 inch deep edge solid wood frame)

Have your prints or canvas panels professionally framed with our custom-made wooden frames hand crafted in our workshop from responsibly sourced timber.

Frame Options at GalleryThane


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All prints are made using archival art stocks and UV pigment inks to give up to 200 years life. Prints are sold unframed and unmounted.

 

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All orders for unframed fine art prints and original paintings are dispatched within 2 working days of receipt of payment.

Orders for custom framed prints are dispatched within 4 working days.

All orders are fully tracked from dispatch to delivery at your home or business.

All print and original painting orders are fully insured against loss or damage in transit. We refund or replace any damaged or lost orders.

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Size and Printed Materials

Fine art papers are printed without any additional white border Please let us know at the time of ordering if you would like a small additional white border.

Rolled canvas options have an additional white border of approximately 2.5 inches (7cm) on all 4 sides to aid stretching.

Ready to hang canvas panels are stretched on 1.5 inch deep solid pine frames from sustainable forestry sources. The image is mirrored on all 4 sides to give an aesthetically pleasing finish.

Gift Wrap Option

Why not have us gift wrap your order and attach a personalised message to the recipient. Available for all orders. Each order is hand wrapped in high quality gift wrap with meatllic ribbon and bow. Your personalised message is printed on a card which is included with your order.

Have your hand wrapped gift delivered directly to the recipient.

Full tracking and insurance included with every order.

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Framing Options - Instructions

We have a wide range of frames in standard sizes and we also make custom size frames.

To order a framed print:

1. select the print size you would like along with the print materials (matte paper, fine art paper).

2. Add your print choice to the basket.

3. Choose from our range of frames

4. Select the same size as the print you have added to your basket. If the frame size you want is not listed please contact us

5. Choose from the mount or no-mount option

6. Add your frame choice to the basket

7. Proceed to checkout.

Why Choose GalleryThane?

  • Printed and framed in-house
  • Free UK delivery
  • Fast international delivery
  • Tracking and insurance included in every order
  • Fast 1-3 day dispatch
  • Gift wrapping service available
  • Gallery quality materials
  • Sustainable, eco-friendly packaging
  • Great customer support

What makes our Prints and Canvas Panels so special

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Latest Giclee Printing Technology

We have invested in the latest wide format print technology to produce museum quality giclee prints utilising the highest quality pigment inks to give outstanding colour reproduction.

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Museum Quality Archival Fine Art Papers

We print on the finest quality fine art papers with textured, smooth and lustre finishes for prints which last a lifetime.

From aceo miniatures to 40x80 inch large format, every print has our lifetime quality guaranteee.

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Solid Wood Frames, Cotton Canvas

All of the wood for our canvas panels and frames is responsibly sourced from manages forests. Our cotton canvas is completely seedless for the highest quality reproduction possible.

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