In this course of illustrated lectures & discussion we will investigate the contribution made to the art world by three great Victorian painters – John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Their art embodies so much that is at the heart of English identity: poetry, love of nature, love itself. Long the favourites of gallery goers, these artists created memorable images that are inextricably part of the Victorian world. As such, the complexity, psychological depth and compelling narratives within these paintings are often underestimated although they continue to resonate with who we are today and deserve to be appreciated on these terms.