Millais Returns to Perth: 300 Personal Treasures to Go on Display

A remarkable private collection of works and belongings from Victorian painter John Everett Millais is going on public display in Perth for the first time. Opening 25 July, Millais in Perthshire at Perth Art Gallery will showcase more than 300 objects on long-term loan from the artist’s great-grandson, Sir Geoffroy Millais. Items include 19 oil paintings, studio tools, personal letters, and heirlooms from Effie Gray, Millais’s wife, muse, and a Perth native. Highlights include the rarely seen Halcyon Weather and a cast of a salmon Millais caught on the River Tay. Entry is free.