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The Black Brunswicker
Original price was: $599.00.$299.00Current price is: $299.00.
Artist: John Everett Millais
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Painted in 1860, The Black Brunswicker depicts a young soldier of the Napoleonic Wars bidding farewell to his beloved on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo.
Description
Description
John Everett Millais completed The Black Brunswicker in 1860, and the painting has held a lasting place in the Victorian narrative tradition for its ability to compress an entire historical moment into a single, charged human encounter. It is a work that rewards close looking, and owning a hand-painted oil reproduction brings that experience into daily life in a way that no printed image can replicate.
The painting depicts a German volunteer soldier, on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo, sharing a farewell with a young woman who presses her hand gently against his chest. The gesture is tender and restraining at once, capturing the tension between private devotion and the pull of public duty. On the wall behind the couple hangs a small portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, a quiet reminder that the reach of political power extends even into the most intimate domestic spaces. The models were Frederick Walker as the soldier and Kate Perugini, the daughter of Charles Dickens, as the young woman.
Millais built the composition around a refined palette of black, white, and warm neutral tones, allowing the luminous white of the woman dress and the polished buttons of the soldier uniform to carry the emotional weight of the scene. The surface detail throughout, from the lace trim of the fabric to the grain of the wooden door, reflects the precise observational discipline that defined the work of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and continued to shape Millais approach even as his style evolved.
Each reproduction offered by ByMuseum is created entirely by hand in oil on canvas by skilled artists who study the original composition closely. Brushwork, layering, and surface texture are carefully preserved so that the finished piece carries the physical presence of a painted work rather than a flat reproduction.
- Hand-painted oil reproduction on canvas
- Gallery-wrapped and ready to hang
- Available in multiple sizes to suit your space
- Includes a certificate of authenticity
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Artwork guide
The story behind The Black Brunswicker
Explore the painting’s history, composition and meaning in the ByMuseum art guide.
Read the history and meaning of The Black BrunswickerPRODUCT INFORMATION
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Unframed — Rolled in Tube
Your artwork is painted on premium cotton canvas, then shipped safely rolled in a rigid tube with extra blank canvas border — ready for stretching or framing locally.
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Select a handcrafted frame and we’ll deliver your painting fully assembled, protected, and ready to hang.
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Choose “Stretched” to receive your canvas mounted on wooden stretcher bars — perfect if you’ll frame it later or display it as-is.
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Gallery Wrap is a deeper, 1.5" style stretcher. The canvas wraps around the sides and is stapled on the back for a clean, modern, frameless look.
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