Death Of Sir John Millais' Daughter.
A Historic Figure.
Many in this district, to which her mother's family belong, will regret to learn of the death of Mrs. Douglas M'Ewen, nee Sophie Margaret Jameson Millais, which took place at Staines a few days ago. The deceased lady, who was the youngest of the daughters of Sir John and Lady Millais, as a child was frequently her father's model, figuring in such works as " - till for a Moment" and "Forbidden Fruit," while even as an infant in her cradle she was portrayed in "The Flood." This was the picture which Sir John saw fifteen years later, when it was on exhibition, and decided that it would be greatly improved by the repainting of part of the background. At great cost of time and trouble the change was carried through, Sir John believing that the owner would be highly gratified. The latter, however, was extremely angry, and declared that the picture was spoilt, whereupon, to his amazement, Millais at once swept away the improvement with a few wipes of a turpentine rag.
Mrs. M'Ewen will, however, be best remembered as having sat for the famous and very popular "Princess Elizabeth in the Tower" (1879), described as "one of Millais' tenderest and most pathetic pictures of child life." Queen Victoria presented a proof copy of this picture to the late Duke of Clarence when at Cambridge, and the Prince would allow nothing else to hang on the walls of his dining-room. He, moreover told Millais' son that he had the greatest affection for it and would take it with him wherever he went.
In December 1891 Miss Sophie Millais was married at St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, to Captain Douglas Lilburn M'Ewen, Cameron Highlanders, and shortly afterwards Sir John wrote to George du Maurier that "the marriage of my daughter was a pretty boom, followed immediately by the prostration (by influenza) of nearly all the family except the happy lovers; and I don't know when again life will be worth living." It is a melancholy fact that this particular attack was the beginning of Sir John Millais' last illness.
Mrs. M'Ewen is survived by her husband and a daughter. The deceased's mother, Lady Millais, it need hardly be mentioned, was the eldest daughter of the late and sister of the present Mr. George Gray of Bowerswell, where her later years were spent after her husband's death, her remains being interred, in the family burial-place in Kinnoull Churchyard.
Perthshire Advertiser, Wednesday, May 8, 1907, p. 7
A Historic Figure.
Many in this district, to which her mother's family belong, will regret to learn of the death of Mrs. Douglas M'Ewen, nee Sophie Margaret Jameson Millais, which took place at Staines a few days ago. The deceased lady, who was the youngest of the daughters of Sir John and Lady Millais, as a child was frequently her father's model, figuring in such works as " - till for a Moment" and "Forbidden Fruit," while even as an infant in her cradle she was portrayed in "The Flood." This was the picture which Sir John saw fifteen years later, when it was on exhibition, and decided that it would be greatly improved by the repainting of part of the background. At great cost of time and trouble the change was carried through, Sir John believing that the owner would be highly gratified. The latter, however, was extremely angry, and declared that the picture was spoilt, whereupon, to his amazement, Millais at once swept away the improvement with a few wipes of a turpentine rag.
Mrs. M'Ewen will, however, be best remembered as having sat for the famous and very popular "Princess Elizabeth in the Tower" (1879), described as "one of Millais' tenderest and most pathetic pictures of child life." Queen Victoria presented a proof copy of this picture to the late Duke of Clarence when at Cambridge, and the Prince would allow nothing else to hang on the walls of his dining-room. He, moreover told Millais' son that he had the greatest affection for it and would take it with him wherever he went.
In December 1891 Miss Sophie Millais was married at St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, to Captain Douglas Lilburn M'Ewen, Cameron Highlanders, and shortly afterwards Sir John wrote to George du Maurier that "the marriage of my daughter was a pretty boom, followed immediately by the prostration (by influenza) of nearly all the family except the happy lovers; and I don't know when again life will be worth living." It is a melancholy fact that this particular attack was the beginning of Sir John Millais' last illness.
Mrs. M'Ewen is survived by her husband and a daughter. The deceased's mother, Lady Millais, it need hardly be mentioned, was the eldest daughter of the late and sister of the present Mr. George Gray of Bowerswell, where her later years were spent after her husband's death, her remains being interred, in the family burial-place in Kinnoull Churchyard.
Perthshire Advertiser, Wednesday, May 8, 1907, p. 7
Death Of Sir John Millais' Daughter.
A Historic Figure.
Many in this district, to which her mother's family belong, will regret to learn of the death of Mrs. Douglas M'Ewen, nee Sophie Margaret Jameson Millais, which took place at Staines a few days ago. The deceased lady, who was the youngest of the daughters of Sir John and Lady Millais, as a child was frequently her father's model, figuring in such works as " - till for a Moment" and "Forbidden Fruit," while even as an infant in her cradle she was portrayed in "The Flood." This was the picture which Sir John saw fifteen years later, when it was on exhibition, and decided that it would be greatly improved by the repainting of part of the background. At great cost of time and trouble the change was carried through, Sir John believing that the owner would be highly gratified. The latter, however, was extremely angry, and declared that the picture was spoilt, whereupon, to his amazement, Millais at once swept away the improvement with a few wipes of a turpentine rag.
Mrs. M'Ewen will, however, be best remembered as having sat for the famous and very popular "Princess Elizabeth in the Tower" (1879), described as "one of Millais' tenderest and most pathetic pictures of child life." Queen Victoria presented a proof copy of this picture to the late Duke of Clarence when at Cambridge, and the Prince would allow nothing else to hang on the walls of his dining-room. He, moreover told Millais' son that he had the greatest affection for it and would take it with him wherever he went.
In December 1891 Miss Sophie Millais was married at St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, to Captain Douglas Lilburn M'Ewen, Cameron Highlanders, and shortly afterwards Sir John wrote to George du Maurier that "the marriage of my daughter was a pretty boom, followed immediately by the prostration (by influenza) of nearly all the family except the happy lovers; and I don't know when again life will be worth living." It is a melancholy fact that this particular attack was the beginning of Sir John Millais' last illness.
Mrs. M'Ewen is survived by her husband and a daughter. The deceased's mother, Lady Millais, it need hardly be mentioned, was the eldest daughter of the late and sister of the present Mr. George Gray of Bowerswell, where her later years were spent after her husband's death, her remains being interred, in the family burial-place in Kinnoull Churchyard.
Perthshire Advertiser, Wednesday, May 8, 1907, p. 7
A Historic Figure.
Many in this district, to which her mother's family belong, will regret to learn of the death of Mrs. Douglas M'Ewen, nee Sophie Margaret Jameson Millais, which took place at Staines a few days ago. The deceased lady, who was the youngest of the daughters of Sir John and Lady Millais, as a child was frequently her father's model, figuring in such works as " - till for a Moment" and "Forbidden Fruit," while even as an infant in her cradle she was portrayed in "The Flood." This was the picture which Sir John saw fifteen years later, when it was on exhibition, and decided that it would be greatly improved by the repainting of part of the background. At great cost of time and trouble the change was carried through, Sir John believing that the owner would be highly gratified. The latter, however, was extremely angry, and declared that the picture was spoilt, whereupon, to his amazement, Millais at once swept away the improvement with a few wipes of a turpentine rag.
Mrs. M'Ewen will, however, be best remembered as having sat for the famous and very popular "Princess Elizabeth in the Tower" (1879), described as "one of Millais' tenderest and most pathetic pictures of child life." Queen Victoria presented a proof copy of this picture to the late Duke of Clarence when at Cambridge, and the Prince would allow nothing else to hang on the walls of his dining-room. He, moreover told Millais' son that he had the greatest affection for it and would take it with him wherever he went.
In December 1891 Miss Sophie Millais was married at St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, to Captain Douglas Lilburn M'Ewen, Cameron Highlanders, and shortly afterwards Sir John wrote to George du Maurier that "the marriage of my daughter was a pretty boom, followed immediately by the prostration (by influenza) of nearly all the family except the happy lovers; and I don't know when again life will be worth living." It is a melancholy fact that this particular attack was the beginning of Sir John Millais' last illness.
Mrs. M'Ewen is survived by her husband and a daughter. The deceased's mother, Lady Millais, it need hardly be mentioned, was the eldest daughter of the late and sister of the present Mr. George Gray of Bowerswell, where her later years were spent after her husband's death, her remains being interred, in the family burial-place in Kinnoull Churchyard.
Perthshire Advertiser, Wednesday, May 8, 1907, p. 7
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