My First Sermon
Painting by John Everett Millais
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My First Sermon is an 1863 oil painting by the British artist John Everett Millais. A fancy picture, it depicts a young girl listening intently to a sermon in church for the first time. Millais used his own daughter Effie as the model.[1]
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| Artist | John Everett Millais |
| Year | 1863 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 97 cm × 77 cm (38 in × 30 in) |
| Location | Guildhall Art Gallery, London |
The work was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1863 at the National Gallery where it was well received.[2] On the strength of the painting, along with The Eve of St Agnes, Millais was elected to full membership of the Royal Academy of Arts.[3] Today the picture is in the Guildhall Art Gallery in the City of London, having been bequeathed by the art collector Charles Gassiot in 1902.
Millais produced a sequel My Second Sermon in 1864 which Gassiot also donated to the Guildhall.[4]
