Title: The Proscribed Royalist, 1651
Description: The Proscribed Royalist, 1651 (1853) is a painting by John Everett Millais which depicts a young Puritan woman protecting a fleeing Royalist after the Battle of Worcester in 1651,[citation needed] the decisive defeat of Charles II by Oliver Cromwell. The Royalist is hiding in a hollow tree, a reference to a famous incident in which Charles himself hid in a tree to escape from his pursuers.[citation needed] Millais was also influenced by Vincenzo Bellini's opera I Puritani.[citation needed] Millais painted the picture in Hayes, Kent, from a local oak tree that became known as the Millais Oak.
Author(s): Sir John Everett Millais, Bt