Pre-Raphaelitism and the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood . e picture arrived in London, large studios inthose days being rare, it was difficult to find a vacant oneof sufficient size, but Millais, with his wonted good-nature,made over his painting-room to me during his autumnholiday, commenting with frank but appreciative candouron the work which hitherto no other instructed eye hadseen. My return brought with it realisation of sorrow,caused by the recent death of Robert B. had of late been painting some excellent heads, andmaking several beautiful drawings full of dignityof style ; hi
Pre-Raphaelitism and the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood . e picture arrived in London, large studios inthose days being rare, it was difficult to find a vacant oneof sufficient size, but Millais, with his wonted good-nature,made over his painting-room to me during his autumnholiday, commenting with frank but appreciative candouron the work which hitherto no other instructed eye hadseen. My return brought with it realisation of sorrow,caused by the recent death of Robert B. had of late been painting some excellent heads, andmaking several beautiful drawings full of dignityof style ; his last occupation had been on a largepicture representing a young girl in Johns reign de-fending a poor Jew who was being insulted and mal-treated by a Christian mob. This also in its design XI PRE-RAPHAELITE BROTHERHOOD 309 and beginning and the parts finished had a similar largenessof style. The Last Day in the Old Home ^ is now unfortu-nately terribly cracked in its principal parts ; this isowing to an incorrigible habit he contracted of painting. ;k. h. h. ROBERT B. oyer and oyer again his yesterdays work while still was impossible to remedy the eyil until it had got toits worst, or I would haye restored it ere it was takenoyer by the Tate Gallery. The sudden change of climate had made me ill, so Iwas unable to use my time profitably for the fastidious ^ Now in the Tate Collection. 310 PRE-RAPHAELITISM AND THE chap. amendments which my rested eyes prompted me to make,and I had to- engage another studio for six fogs coming on delayed my work, and again I hadto find accommodation. My old friend Burchett, thehead master of the School of Design at Kensington, savedme from further search by inviting me to make use of hisown painting-room. When I had brought my work on The Shadow ofDeath to a conclusion, there was some hitch in thebusiness arrangements concerning it. My good friendSir Thomas Fairbairn came to my aid and negotiated theterms of its
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