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My First Sermon, 1863, (1947). Creator: John Everett Millais

My First Sermon, 1863, (1947). The Artist's Daughter in Winchelsea Church': portrait of Millais daughter Effie, aged about five, sitting upright and somewhat daunted, listening to the preacher's message. The location was probably All Saints Church at Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey. A companion piece, painted a year or so later, shows her fast asleep, the novelty of a church service having waned. Painting in the Guildhall Art Gallery, London. From "English Hymns and Hymn Writers", by Adam Fox. [Collins, London, 1947]

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Russian architectural ornament and wood carving, (1898). Creator: Unknown

Russian architectural ornament and wood carving, (1898). Fig 1: Phantastic church-cupolas at Jaroslaw, 17th and 18th century. Figs 2 and 3: Gilt wood carvings of the Baldaquin of the Imperial chair in the Nicolay church, Jaroslaw, 17th century. Fig 4: From a baldaquin in the Museum of the Imperial Academy of Arts. Figs 5 and 6: Carved roses on the principal door of the altar, church of St. John, near Rostow, 17th century. Figs 7-10: Window frames of wooden houses in the government Wologda. Figs 11-13: Gable ornaments in the same district. Figs 14 and 15: Ornamental Boards on sills etc. Figs 16-19: Roses on the wings of doors, made of small panels, Government of Samara. Figs 20 and 21: Portions of such roses. Fig 22: Capital with vegetable ornaments'. Plate 34b from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [B.T. Batford, London, 1898]

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Adam kneels in grief beside the body of Abel, while Cain flees in the background, ca

Adam kneels in grief beside the body of Abel, while Cain flees in the background, ca. 1729

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