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John Everett Millais

The story of a blind vagrant relates to the social themes Millais explored in his monochromatic modern-life drawings of the period. Here, however, exploding colors and rich details reveal the full range of the senses in the double rainbow that marks the passing of a storm, the butterfly, the concertina, and the scent of flowers and moist earth. In the background is the church in Winchelsea where Millais painted L'Enfant du Régiment.