Description:'My Second Sermon', by John Everett Millais (1829-1896), shows a girl asleep in a church with her legs dangling uncrossed. No Bible can be seen. It is one of a pair of paintings, the other being 'My First Sermon' in which the girl is presented as the image of correctness: attentive, her short legs crossed at the ankle correctly and the Bible on the pew beside her. Paired together they suggest that while a child might try to be as serious as an adult their childish nature will always dominate. The model for the girl was Millais’ own daughter Effie.
Presented by Mrs Edward Nettlefold.