Millais’ The North-West Passage at Tate Britain.

By Logan Zachary.  July 5, 2023.

{ ▽ Millais’ The North-West Passage, detail. }   

{ ▽ Millais’ The North-West Passage. }   

This page is a satellite to the Franklin Expedition Guide to London (link).  Recent changes at Tate Britain in London have brought John Everett Millais’ painting down to eye level.  All photographs by the author.

{ ▽ Hands. }   

{ ▽ Off-angle focus. }   

{ Eyes detail. }   

{ ▽ Overall. }   

{ ▽ Feet. }   

{ ▽ Books. }   

{ ▽ The ship in the ice. }   

{ ▽ Distant. }   

The re-arrangement at Tate Britain has put Elizabeth Butler’s Remnants of an Army next to Millais’ painting.  It depicts Dr. Brydon as the lone survivor of the disastrous 1842 retreat from Kabul.

{ ▽ Butler, Remnants of an Army. }   

{ ▽ Butler, Remnants of an Army, detail. }   

As of this writing, The Vale of Rest by Millais is in the same room as The North-West Passage.

{ ▽ Millais, The Vale of Rest (top). }   

Other Millais masterpieces held by the Tate such as Ophelia and Mariana are in other rooms nearby.

{ ▽ Ophelia. }   

{ ▽ Mariana. }   

{ ▽ Statue of Millais behind Tate Britain. }   

{ ▽ Millais in the crypt of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. }   

{ John Everett Millais. }   

 – L.Z.  July 5th, 2023.