Some eminent Victorians: personal recollections in the world of art and letters; . me I was not able to judge fairly of thecauses which led to his ultimate desertion of thoseearlier ideals, and I could only remember with aregret, too harshly expressed, that we were no longerto expect of him another Huguenot or Ophelia,or to welcome again from his hand such achieve-ments as the Carpenters Shop or the Feast ofLorenzo. But a knowledge of the man himself very speedilyenabled me to take a juster view of his place as apainter. There are artists in every line, in literatureas well as in painting, who
Some eminent Victorians: personal recollections in the world of art and letters; . me I was not able to judge fairly of thecauses which led to his ultimate desertion of thoseearlier ideals, and I could only remember with aregret, too harshly expressed, that we were no longerto expect of him another Huguenot or Ophelia,or to welcome again from his hand such achieve-ments as the Carpenters Shop or the Feast ofLorenzo. But a knowledge of the man himself very speedilyenabled me to take a juster view of his place as apainter. There are artists in every line, in literatureas well as in painting, whose personality does notwillingly associate itself with their work. This wascertainly true of Browning, who would seem in socialintercourse to be almost perversely desirous ofenabling you to forget that he was a poet, and itwas true no less of Millais, who rather sought bypreference in his leisure hours the companionshipof men who were not concerned with the art heprofessed. Millais had about him, as I first recall him, andretained to the end of his life, even in the days that I. THE FINDING OF MOSES BY PHARAOHS DAUGHTER. From Lavs of I he Holy Land. By Sir J. E. Millais, Bart., Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. (Reproduced from their Fifty Years Work.) By />eriiiiss!n>i ofMessrs. /times Ais/ct and Co., Ltd. To face page MILLAIS AND LEIGHTON S7 were passed under the shadow of a mortal sick-ness, a delightful buoyancy of character that wasenchaining and infectious. In his view of his ownart there was occasionally something of the victoriousarrogance of a school-boy who has lately carriedoff the first prize, an arrogance that was neverthelessconsistent with a deep modesty of character thatshowed itself in his reverent attitude towards nature,where he was ever ready to admit that he had foundhis rival and his master. As far as my own experience of him went, he wasnever very eager to discuss the work of his con-temporaries, although he could be amply generouson occasion
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