Sophie Gray (1857 Millais portrait)

Sophie Gray is an 1857 oil painting by the English artist John Everett Millais, depicting Millais' sister-in-law, Sophie Gray (28 October 1843–15 March 1882), the sister of his wife Effie Gray, when she was thirteen or just turned fourteen. The painting is also known under various other titles: Head of a Girl, Portrait of a Girl and Portrait of a Young Lady. The portrait shows a girl looking directly at the viewer, with chin slightly raised upwards, exposing her throat. She wears a green dress with a heart-shaped embroidery of wild pansies (also known by the common name Heartsease) in the centre. Her hair hangs loose to her shoulders.