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Millais' Ophelia

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Friends and Foes:
The Listener, 1967

"Clothes are always important in Millais' best paintings. In 'Ophelia' her dress spreads slowly over the water like a lifeless white stain floating free from the body which gave it life."

'In tune with the times', by Paul Overy, The Listener, 19 Jan 1967.

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