#effie gray

[vintage-treasures]

Effie Gray (Lady Millais), oil on board By Thomas Richmond(1851) Effie Gray (1828–1897) was the Scottish beauty at the center of the most scandalous love triangle of the Victorian age. Locked in a cold marriage to the critic John Ruskin (1819–1900), she famously discovered on her wedding night that he was disgusted by her body. For six years, she remained a virgin wife, a silent ornament in his rigid world.

Freedom arrived in the form of John Everett Millais (1829–1896), Ruskin’s own protégé. In a move that shocked London, Effie successfully sued for an annulment and married the painter, later bearing eight children. This portrait by Victorian Academicist painter Thomas Richmond (1802–1874) captures her just before the break. Though she looks serene, she later described her likeness as a "graceful doll," a hollow shell of the woman who would soon risk everything for love. Loc. National Portrait Gallery, London. Dim. 81.0 cm H x 53.0 cm W (31 7/8 in. x 20 7/8 in.)

[perioddramasource]

Tom Sturridge as John Everett Millais EFFIE GRAY (2014)

[mariocki]

RIP Claudia Cardinale (15.4.1938 - 23.9.2025)

"But to do this kind of work, you have to be very strong, otherwise you lose your personality, your identity. You don't know who you are. It's fantastic because I've been living thousands of lives, not only my life."

[sturridges]

tom sturridge filmography

John Everett Millais in EFFIE GRAY (2014) dir. Richard Laxton

[sturridgely]

naked john everett millais | effie gray

[marzipanandminutiae]

Interestingly enough, the model for 'The Eve of St Agnes' was Millais' wife Effie! :D

Oh nice! I always feel so happy for her that she managed to find a second husband who wasn't Probably A Pedophile.

(fuck John Ruskin; all my Homies hate John Ruskin)

(like I know it's not 100% certain that the nature of his interest in adolescent girls was sexual, and there's no proof that he ever actually acted on it, but I feel like the circumstantial evidence is pretty strong in this case for what his attractions were)

[feelingsofaithless]

Absurd business, isn't it? Having to lose your own name and then taking your husband's Christian name into the bargain. Fortunately, I do not have that cross. Effie Gray (2014)

[bubblegumbeaches]

oh if only I was a wealthy socialite in an unrealistic period piece