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Portia
painting by Sir John Everett Millais
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Portia is an 1886 oil painting by the British artist John Everett Millais. Combining portrait and history painting, it depicts the model Kate Dolan in the costume worn by the celebrated stage actress Ellen Terry in her role as Portia in William Shakespeare's Elizabethan era play The Merchant of Venice. For many years the painting was mistakenly believe to feature Terry herself.
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