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Emily Patmore
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Fitzwilliam Museum (University of Cambridge), CambridgeCambridge, UK
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British painter John Everett Millais painted this portrait of Emily Patmore, wife of the poet Coventry Patmore. The sensitive rendering captures her gentle character. Millais excelled at portraits of women with psychological insight.
Emily inspired her husband's famous poem sequence "The Angel in the House." This portrait hangs at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
