"Millais's Pre-Raphaelite picture shows the
release of a Jacobite soldier, imprisoned
by the English after the defeat of Bonnie
Prince Charlie's army at Culloden in 1746.
The Jacobite's wife hands an order of release
to the gaoler. Millais based the figure of the
woman on his wife, Effie; her detached gaze
suggests quiet determination." Tate Britain

oil on canvas