The Bayswater Omnibus the bus, holding a handrail with one hand and clasping a hatbox with the other. The side of the carriage behind and above the passengers is covered with advertising posters, including Millais's "Bubbles" painting for Pears soap (Millais studied beside Joy). Visible through the window, a hansom cab passes on the road beyond. The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1895. It was donated to the Museum of London by the artist's daughter Rosalind B. Joy in 1966. It measures . The Bayswater Omnibus The Bayswater Omnibus is an 1895 oil painting by George William Joy. It has
The North-West Passage was promoting at the time. The female figure was a professional model, Mrs Ellis, who was later used in another painting, "Stitch, Stitch, Stitch" (1876). The right side of the painting originally depicted two of the sailor's grandchildren, who were modelled by John and Alice Millais, two of Millais' own children. They were shown looking at a globe of the world. But after Millais completed the painting, he became unhappy with the figures of the children, thinking that they distracted the eye from the main figure. He cut out this section of the painting and replaced it with a screen,