Okay, perhaps this quote is a slight exaggeration. It's true though, that Millais was friends with fellow artist William Holman Hunt, him being the one that Millais traveled with when he went to Ewell to paint "Ophelia's" background. Hunt at the time was working on a painting called "The Hireling Sheperd" which was also painted in Ewell and completed in 1852.
"The Hireling Sheperd"
Hunt was born in 1827 and died in 1910. He was one of the leading founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (which Millais was as well).
His other notable works include:
"The Awakening Conscience" (1853)
"The Scapegoat" (1854)
"The Lady of Shalott" (1889-92)
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