Hearts are Trumps
1872 · Oil on canvas
Dimensions 165.7 × 219.7 cm
Commissioned by art collector and writer Walter Armstrong in an effort to raise the social profile of his family, "Hearts and Trumps" features Armstrong's three daughters Elizabeth, Diana and Mary. The title of the piece hints at besides the game of cards that is being played there may be another contest going on in which of the three young women will marry first.
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About this artwork
Hearts are Trumps (1872) by John Everett Millais, oil on canvas.
About John Everett Millais
Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet, PRA (8 June 1829 – 13 August 1896) was an English painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He was a child prodigy who, aged eleven, became the youngest student to enter the Royal Academy Schools.
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