The Black Brunswicker (Millais)

The Black Brunswicker (1860) is a painting by John Everett Millais. It was inspired in part by the exploits of the Black Brunswickers, a German volunteer corps of the Napoleonic Wars, during the Waterloo campaign and in part by the contrasts of black broadcloth and pearl-white satin in a moment of tender conflict.^[3] The painting was originally exhibited with the plural title The Black Brunswickers, but is most commonly known by the singular form of the title.^[4]

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