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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting
painting
work of art
artist John Everett Millais
artisticStyle Pre-Raphaelite art
surface form: Pre-Raphaelite
artisticTheme disability
perception
poverty
social realism
the natural world
vision and blindness
collection Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
surface form: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery collection
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator John Everett Millais
depictionType double portrait
depicts English countryside
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
genre painting
hasColorPalette rich autumnal tones
hasCulturalContext Victorian attitudes to disability
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
surface form: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
notableWorkOf John Everett Millais
partOf Victorian art
support canvas
yearOfCreation 1856

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John Everett Millais notable work The Blind Girl
Pre-Raphaelite art notableWork The Blind Girl