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Revealed: The secret message hidden in Pre-Raphaelite master's
painting warning prudish Victorians against sinful behaviour (Daily Mail)
Better reproduction of painting in question.
Millais' most famous work, "Ophelia" (detail).
painting warning prudish Victorians against sinful behaviour (Daily Mail)
story at the link Phallic image in John Everett Millais' 1848 painting Isabella
Painting shows phallus emerging from a man's groin
Image is a shadow made by the man holding a nutcracker
Shadow was included as a warning about masturbation, researchers say
Better reproduction of painting in question.
Millais' most famous work, "Ophelia" (detail).