Back in 1851, John Everett Millais, an English painter, decided to use the banks of the river as a backdrop for his now famous painting of Ophelia. It depicts Ophelia, a character from Shakespeare ...
Her mother, Hannah Perham, had herself been an artist's model, and it was after posing for Millais' painting Charlie is My Darling, that she caught the eye Sir William Palliser. He begged Millais for ...