Ophelia's Travels

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Friends and Foes:
London News, 1852

"We discover genius in Mr. Millais. Mr. Millais' Ophelia in her pool, where she makes us think of a dairymaid in a frolic. Mr. Millais has attempted to render the very act of drowning as if it were some freak of rude health instead of the climax of distraction. But Mr. Millais has unquestionably moved the public to interest as well as curiosity; and, though we still smile at some of his puerilities, we recognize with pleasure in his works an earnest will and an increasing power of execution: we hope to see him cured of his singularities, and in turn he will gradually educate the public to appreciate his merits and to reward his perseverance."

'Exhibition of the Royal Academy -{second notice)' London Times, 14 May 1852, p.6.

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