File:Millais-Blind Girl.jpg

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Artist



Description	British painter and illustrator English: One of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Date of birth/death	8 June 1829	13 August 1896
Location of birth/death	Southampton (Hampshire)	London
Work location	London
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

The Blind Girl

Description

English: This painting depicts a red-haired, rosy-cheeked girl of perhaps 16 years sitting on a tuft in a large meadow, facing us with eyes closed. She is wearing a heavy, torn working skirt and a shawl over her head, and a hand accordion sits in her lap. Her younger blonde sister sits leaning back against her on her left, holding her hand and gazing off to her left – perhaps at some birds on the ground nearby. She is also wearing rough and torn work clothes. A small stream runs immediately in back of the girls, and behind that the yellow meadow stretches back a distance, then up a hill. Various buildings and some trees dot the skyline of the hill. A double rainbow reaches down from the darkish sky to the centre of the skyline. In addition to the birds, there are a few farm animals grazing in the meadow – possibly horses, cattle, and sheep.

Date

1856

Medium

oil on canvas

Current location

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

	Native name	Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
	Location	Birmingham England
	Coordinates	52° 28′ 49.08″ N, 1° 54′ 13.63″ W
	Established	1885
	Website	www.bmag.org.uk

Notes

English: The rainbow – one of the beauties of nature that the blind girl cannot experience – is used to underline the pathos of her condition.

Svenska: Regnbågen, ett av naturens under som den blinda flickan inte får uppleva, används i målningen för att väcka sympati för hennes tillstånd.

Русский: Радуга – одно из красивейших явлений природы, которая слепая девочка так и не сможет увидеть – использована, чтобы подчеркнуть всю тяжесть положения девочки.

Source/Photographer

Unknown

Licensing

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Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	600 dpi
Vertical resolution	600 dpi
Software used	Adobe Photoshop 7.0
File change date and time	14:30, 8 May 2005
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