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<p>The Bride of Lammermoor
</p><p>John Everett Millais (1829–1896)
</p><p>Bristol Museum &amp; Art Gallery
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The subject is taken from Sir Walter Scott's novel 'The Bride of Lammermoor' where Edgar, Master of Ravenswood, has just rescued Lucy Ashton from a wild bull. Lucy is the daughter of his enemy but she, unaware of his identity, is surprised at his cold manner. The artist's model for Ravenswood perfectly fitted Scott's description: 'A monteso cap and a black feather drooped over the wearer's brow, and partly concealed his features which, so far as seen were dark, regular and full of majestic through somewhat sullen expression.</div>
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John Everett Millais (1829–1896)</div>
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