The Blind Girl - World Tour (Exhibitions) 1856-2007

The Blind Girl was painted by John Everett Millais and completed in 1856. It was acquired by City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 1892. The popularity of this painting is reflected by the many exhibitions it has appeared in all around the world. This map follows most, although not all, of the places it has been. Total distance recorded on the map: 49,690 miles (79.968 km) - but actually much more as I haven't included all the trips back to Birmingham! The Blind Girl can usually be found in the Pre-Raphaelite Galleries at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (home!).

The distant background of this painting shows the village of Winchelsea in Sussex, painted in the autumn of 1854. The two girls in the foreground and the middle ground were added later in Perth in 1855. The models were Matilda Proudfoot as the blind girl and Isabella Nichol as her younger sister. Millais had first used his wife Effie but then replaced her with Matilda. The scene deals with the contemporary social problem of vagrancy, focusing on the predicament of children and on disability.

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