John Everett Millais (8 June 1829 – 13 August 1896)
James Wyatt and His Granddaughter Mary
Oil on panel, 1849
35.6 x 45.1 cm
Private collection

This is one of several portraits commissioned Millais by his important early patron, James Wyatt (1774–1853), a frame-maker, print seller and art dealer who lived above his shop at 115 High Street, Oxford. He sits stiff-legged, in a wing chair, with four-year-old Mary affectionately leaning on him. It is typical of the naturalistic aims of early Pre-Raphaelite portraiture, lacking the bombast and idealism associated with traditional portraits.