John Everett Millais, The Baby-House

John Everett Millais

British · 1829–1896 · Painter, Printmaker

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet was an English painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He was a child prodigy who, aged… (Wikipedia)

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Record prices

  1. John Everett Millais, The Office of Love, 1845, ink and watercolor on paperThe Office of LoveRago Auctions · $3,024≈ £2,475≈ €2,831Sign up to see
  2. John Everett Millais, Portrait of a Girl with Flowers, oil on canvasPortrait of a Girl with FlowersAbell Auction Company · $281≈ £206≈ €238Sign up to see
  3. John Everett Millais, Happy Springtime, etching on paperHappy SpringtimeOlympia Auctions · £15≈ $20≈ €17Sign up to see

John Everett Millais’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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John Everett Millais, Happy Springtime, etching on paper
Happy Springtime
Olympia Auctions · Mar 22, 2026
£15Sign up free to see
John Everett Millais, The Boyhood of Raleigh, Oil on Canvas
The Boyhood of Raleigh
DuMouchelles · Oct 17, 2025
$375Sign up free to see
John Everett Millais, Portrait of a Girl with Flowers, oil on canvas
Portrait of a Girl with Flowers
Abell Auction Company · Sep 17, 2025
$281Sign up free to see
A Study of Ophelia
Anderson & Garland · Jul 24, 2025
£2,500Sign up free to see
John Everett Millais, The Office of Love, 1845, ink and watercolor on paper
The Office of Love, 1845
Rago Auctions · Nov 10, 2023
$3,024Sign up free to see
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Helmuth Stone Gallery · Jun 4, 2023
$252Sign up free to see
John Everett Millais, Orphans -, Oil on canvas
Orphans -
Jackson's International Auctioneers · Apr 20, 2022
$138Sign up free to see
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Helmuth Stone Gallery · Sep 26, 2021
John Everett Millais, Bubbles, BUBBLES, oil on canvas
Bubbles
Sloans & Kenyon · Mar 10, 2018
John Everett Millais, Bubbles, BUBBLES, oil on canvas
Bubbles
Sloans & Kenyon · Feb 3, 2018

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

John Everett Millais, The Baby-House
The Baby-House1872 · etching on chine applique
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)
John Everett Millais, Lovers under a Tree
Lovers under a Tree1840 · graphite on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal — Open Access …
John Everett Millais, Study of a Pottery Jug [recto]
Study of a Pottery Jug [recto]c. 1842 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal — Open Access …
John Everett Millais, My Second Sermon
My Second Sermon1864
Birmingham Museums Trust ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Birmingham Museums Trust
John Everett Millais, Sister Anna's Probation
Sister Anna's Probation1862
Birmingham Museums Trust ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Birmingham Museums Trust
John Everett Millais, The Proscribed Royalist, 1651
The Proscribed Royalist, 1651
Birmingham Museums Trust ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Birmingham Museums Trust
John Everett Millais, Stewart Harrison's The Iceberg - The Seamstress
Stewart Harrison's The Iceberg - The Seamstress1860
Birmingham Museums Trust ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Birmingham Museums Trust
John Everett Millais, Three Swordhilts
Three Swordhilts1838
Birmingham Museums Trust ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Birmingham Museums Trust
John Everett Millais, Elgiva seized by order of Archbishop Odo
Elgiva seized by order of Archbishop Odo1845
Birmingham Museums Trust ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Birmingham Museums Trust
John Everett Millais, The Anglers of the Dove by Harriet Martineau - Farmer Chell's Kitchen
The Anglers of the Dove by Harriet Martineau - Farmer Chell's Kitchen1862
Birmingham Museums Trust ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Birmingham Museums Trust
John Everett Millais, A Widow's Mite
A Widow's Mite1870
Birmingham Museums Trust ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Birmingham Museums Trust
John Everett Millais, Design for a Gothic Arch with the Artist and Effie Ruskin Embracing (recto); Design for a Gothic Arch with Effie as an Angel (verso)
Design for a Gothic Arch with the Artist and Effie Ruskin Embracing (recto); Design for a Gothic Arch with Effie as an Angel (verso)1853 · Graphite, with touches of pen and brown ink (recto and verso) on ivory paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Margaret Day Blake and Sarah R. Shorey endowments —…
John Everett Millais, Bridge of Sighs
Bridge of Sighs1858 · Etching on ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and…
John Everett Millais, Study for the Head of the Rescuing Lover in Escape of the Heretic
Study for the Head of the Rescuing Lover in Escape of the Heretic1857 · Graphite and red chalk, on cream wove paper (discolored from ivory) laid down on ivory
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by T. Stanton Armour …
John Everett Millais, Happy Springtime
Happy Springtime1860 · Etching on ivory wove chine laid down on off-white wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Dorothy Braude Edinburg Collection in honor of Harr…
John Everett Millais, The Baby House
The Baby House1863 · Etching on cream chine, laid down on ivory wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and…
John Everett Millais, Summer Indolence
Summer Indolence1861 · Etching on ivory wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and…
John Everett Millais, Aeneas Shown the Body of Pallas from Virgil's "Aeneid"
Aeneas Shown the Body of Pallas from Virgil's "Aeneid"1843 · pen and black ink on original mount
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in memory of Helen Borowitz — Open Access (CC0)

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