The Blind Girl
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The Blind Girl is a celebrated 1856 oil painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais, depicting two roadside beggar girls and exploring themes of disability, perception, and the natural world.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ work of art ⓘ |
| artist | John Everett Millais ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
Pre-Raphaelite art
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surface form:
Pre-Raphaelite
|
| artisticTheme |
disability
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perception ⓘ poverty ⓘ social realism ⓘ the natural world ⓘ vision and blindness ⓘ |
| collection |
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
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surface form:
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery collection
|
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | John Everett Millais ⓘ |
| depictionType | double portrait ⓘ |
| depicts |
English countryside
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blind girl ⓘ butterfly ⓘ child guiding a blind companion ⓘ cloak covering the blind girl ⓘ cloudy sky ⓘ musical instrument (concertina or accordion-like) in the blind girl’s lap ⓘ rainbow ⓘ rural landscape ⓘ sunlight after rain ⓘ town in the distance ⓘ two roadside beggar girls ⓘ |
| exhibitionHistory | exhibited in 1850s Britain ⓘ |
| genre |
Victorian painting
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genre painting ⓘ |
| hasColorPalette | rich autumnal tones ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
Victorian attitudes to disability
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Victorian social commentary ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | none ⓘ |
| hasReference | often discussed in Pre-Raphaelite scholarship ⓘ |
| hasVisualContrast | blindness versus vivid natural scene ⓘ |
| imageFormat | horizontal rectangular ⓘ |
| inception | 1856 ⓘ |
| location | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement |
Pre-Raphaelite art
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surface form:
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
|
| notableWorkOf | John Everett Millais ⓘ |
| partOf | Victorian art ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| yearOfCreation | 1856 ⓘ |
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