* Millais (John Everett, 1829-1896). The Order of Release, 1856, mezzotint by Samuel Cousins after J. E. Millais, a proof before letters on india laid paper, published by Henry Graves, May 1st 1856, signed in pencil by both artist and engraver to lower margin, some scattered spotting, plate size 76 x 54.5 cm (30 x 21.5 ins), with margins, period elaborately gilt moulded frame, glazedQty: (1)NOTESMillais' The Order of Release was painted between 1852 and 1853, and depicts the release of a Jacobite rebel soldier into the care of his wife and child. The figure of the woman was modelled by Effie Ruskin, who later left her husband John Ruskin to become Lady Millais.