John Everett Millais Painting Discovered in Attic

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John Everett Millais Painting Discovered in Attic

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1sarahhollenbeck
Dec 10, 2008, 6:47 pm

"A painting worth £50,000 has been found behind an old mattress in an attic where it had lain collecting dust for decades.

The 45-year-old woman owner had been given the art work for her ninth birthday but had kept it in her loft for years and forgot about it until she put her house up for sale.
An eagle-eyed auctioneer who was valuing her belongings spotted the oil painting and was stunned when he realised it was by 19th century artist John Everett Millais."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1088717/Painting-famed-artist-Millais-wo...