The Yeoman of the Guard – (Sir John Everett Millais) Previous Next


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Date: 1876

Size: 111 x 139 cm

Museum: Tate Britain (London, United Kingdom)

Technique: Oil On Canvas

This is a portrait of John Charles Montague, who had been a corporal in the 16th Lancers and served for more than twenty years in India. He distinguished himself in battle on several occasions. When he retired in 1847 he was appointed a Yeoman of the Guard. Millais shows him the uniform of the yeomen, usually known as

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