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Ophelia's Travels
Ownership History |
Sir Henry Tate Gift |
Exhibition History |
Friends and Foes
Friends and Foes
Ophelia has received both positive and negative criticism since Millais began painting it in 1851.
Read a variety of opinions on Ophelia from 1851/2 to the present day below by clicking on a date and title.
Responses at the Time
Friends:
Fred Stephens, 1852
Morning Chronicle 1852
Spectator, 1852
Punch, 1852
John Ruskin, 1854
John Guille Millais, 1899
Mr Spielmann, 1899 |
Foes:
London Times, 1852
Art Journal, 1852
William Michael Rossetti, 1867 |
On the fence:
Illustrated London News, 1852
London Times, 1852
Athenaeum, 1852
John Ruskin, 1852 |
20th and 21st Century Criticism
Friends:
Mary Bennett, 1967
The Listener, 1967
New Statesman, 1967
John McEwan, date unknown
Jan Marsh, 1998
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