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	Sir John Everett Millais Sir John Everett Millais , 1829-96, English painter. A prodigy, he began studying at the Royal Academy at the age of 11. In 1848, together with William Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, he initiated the Pre-Raphaelite movement. His early work shows a painstaking rendering of minute detail... Read more
	Sir Joseph Noel Paton Paton, Sir Joseph Noel (b Dunfermline, 13 Dec. 1821; d Edinburgh, 26 Dec. 1901). Scottish painter. A friend of Millais (a fellow student at the Royal Academy), he had a kinship with the Pre-Raphaelites early in his career. He painted mythological and historical scenes and later gained great success... Read more
	Dalziel Brothers Dalziel Brothers. Firm of English wood engravers founded in London in 1839 by George Dalziel (b Wooler, Northumberland, 1 Dec. 1815; d London, 4 Aug. 1902) and Edward Dalziel (b Wooler, 5 Dec. 1817; d London, 25 Mar. 1905). Two other brothers, John (1822–69) and Thomas... Read more
	palette palette. A flat board, usually rectangular, ovoid, or kidney shaped, on which artists arrange their paints ready for use; early examples sometimes had a handle, rather like a table-tennis bat, but a thumb-hole is now standard. Palettes first appeared c.1400; before then individual containers... Read more
	Pre-Raphaelites Pre-Raphaelites , brotherhood of English painters and poets formed in 1848 in protest against the low standards of British art. The principal founders were D. G. Rossetti , W. Holman Hunt , and John Millais . In poetry as well as painting, the Pre-Raphaelites turned away from the growing... Read more
	Dante Gabriel Rossetti Dante Gabriel Rossetti , 1828-82, English poet and painter; son of Gabriele Rossetti and brother of Christina Rossetti. He was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelites . In addition to attending the Royal Academy he studied painting briefly with Ford Madox Brown. In 1848 he became acquainted with... Read more
	Vincenzo Galilei Vincenzo Galilei , d. 1591, Italian lutenist, singer, writer, and composer; father of Galileo. As a member of the Florentine camerata (see opera ), he was one of the first to compose recitatives. Thoroughly trained in the contrapuntal tradition of the Renaissance, he wrote the first literary... Read more
	Johann Adolph Hasse Johann Adolph Hasse , 1699-1783, German composer; pupil of Alessandro Scarlatti. Hasse was court composer at Dresden (1731-63). He wrote masses, oratorios and cantatas, sonatas, and concertos but was known chiefly for over 60 operas, written in a thoroughly Italianized style. They include Artaserse... Read more
	Beatrice Lillie Beatrice Lillie (Lady Peel), 1898-1989, British comedienne, b. Toronto, Ont. as Constance Munston. Lillie first performed in London in 1914 and in New York in 1924. She won an international reputation for her sophisticated wit, use of parody, and vivacity. She appeared in revues, on radio, and in... Read more
	Jethro Tull Jethro Tull 1674-1741, English agriculturist and inventor. He studied methods of agriculture in England, France, and Italy and influenced British agriculture through his writings, which include The Horse-Hoeing Husbandry (1733). Tull advocated the use of manures, pulverizing the soil, planting... Read more