Sir John Everett Millais Bt. PRA, The Monastery Cook, 1839.
On cream wove paper. 521 mm x 380 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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The Monastery Cook, 1839
Attributed to Sir John Everett Millais Bt. PRA (1829 - 1896)
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521 mm x 380 mm
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