The Vale of Rest – View from the Potting Shed

The Vale of Rest by Sir John Everett Millais, Bt, 1858-1859.

Two nuns in a graveyard at dusk, one sits looking at the viewer, holding prayer beads, the other has sleeves rolled up digging a grave — The Vale of Rest by Sir John Everett Millais, Bt, 1858-1859

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I was chatting with a friend the other night about art, and about visiting art galleries. It got me thinking about this painting, The Vale of Rest, by Sir John Everett Millais that used to hang in the Tate gallery on the north bank of the Thames back in the mid-1990s.

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