The King of the Golden River
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The King of the Golden River or The Black Brothers: A Legend of Stiria is a fantasy story originally written in 1841 by John Ruskin for the twelve-year-old Effie Gray, whom Ruskin later married. It wa
Title page, designed by Richard Doyle
Gluck and the King of the Golden River, illustration to a later edition by John C. Johansen
The Black Brothers
John Ruskin by a Roycrofter
Effie Gray
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Euphemia Chalmers Millais, Lady Millais was a British artists' model who was married to Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais. She had previously married the art critic John Ruskin, but she left
The King of the Golden River
…King of the Golden River or The Black Brothers: A Legend of Stiria is a fantasy story originally written in 1841 by John Ruskin for the twelve-year-old Effie (Euphemia) Gray, whom Ruskin later married. It was published in book form in 1851, and became an early Victorian classic which sold out three editions. In the…
Effie Millais c. 1860
Albumen print photograph by Lewis Carroll from 21 July 1865 depicting Effie Gray, John Everett Millais, and their daughters Effie and Mary at 7 Cromwell Place, signed "Effie C. Millais"
Effie's grave marker, which is shared with her son, George Gray Millais, in Perth, Scotland
Effie Gray by Thomas Richmond, 1851, oil on board, National Portrait Gallery, London. She thought the portrait made her look like "a graceful doll".