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Pre-Raphaelite Subjects and ThemesPosted onApril 23, 2019April 23, 2019

A Shakespearean Rabbit Hole

As I shared in The Magic Down the Rabbit Hole, immersing myself in a subject and following its trails is one of the biggest delights…

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MillaisPosted onJanuary 8, 2018January 8, 2018

Ellen Terry: Pre-Raphaelite Actress

The model for Millais’ painting of Portia has often been incorrectly identified as Shakespearean actress Ellen Terry. The model was actually Kate Dolan, although the…

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ShakespearePosted onApril 23, 2017April 24, 2017

Celebrating Shakespeare

Happy Birthday to William Shakespeare, born on this day in 1564.  Today is also the anniversary of the Bard’s death.  Dare I say it?  Dying…

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Elizabeth SiddalPosted onOctober 27, 2016

Shakespeare Magazine

I am honored and excited to be in the current issue of Shakespeare Magazine. Huge thank you to editor Pat Reid for publishing my article…

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BooksPosted onOctober 21, 2016October 21, 2016

The Diaries of William Allingham

If you’re interested in studying the Victorian era seriously, then diaries and letters are important.  At times I feel like a 21st-century snoop, devouring personal…

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Dante Gabriel RossettiPosted onOctober 4, 2016October 4, 2016

Botanical Paintings: My Top Picks

An  important hallmark of Pre-Raphaelite art is truth to nature.  Of course, there are many reasons why the art of the Pre-Raphaelites is so visually…

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BooksPosted onJanuary 25, 2016February 4, 2019

Perdita, the lost girl

Perdita (seen above) was painted by Frederick Sandys with Mary Emma Jones as the model. Also known by her stage name Miss Clive, Mary Emma…

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BooksPosted onAugust 21, 2015November 8, 2017

Art is a Mirror

 When I was fifteen years old, my father taught me how to drive.  I was eager, yet scared; I couldn’t believe that I had actually…

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Arthur HughesPosted onJune 4, 2015August 24, 2019

The Unrequited Love of Mariana

Above is Sir John Everett Millais’ painting Mariana, which I’ve blogged about before in this post. Her dress is bluer than blue, the stained glass…

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Dante Gabriel RossettiPosted onMay 24, 2015February 28, 2016

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays…

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Ford Madox BrownPosted onApril 23, 2015June 21, 2016

Pre-Raphaelites and the Bard

If you are looking for Shakespeare inspiration today, you are in luck!  Visit happybirthdayshakespeare.com for a large collective of bloggers sharing posts in honor of the…

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Ellen TerryPosted onJanuary 12, 2015January 12, 2015

Dame Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth

Today marks the birthday of John Singer Sargent in 1856. So I thought I’d share one of my favorite works of his, Dame Ellen Terry…

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MillaisPosted onDecember 18, 2014September 26, 2017

‘Mariana’, Sir John Everett Millais

When Millais first exhibited this painting at the Royal Academy, he displayed it with these lines of Tennyson: She only said, ‘My life is dreary-…

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mythPosted onDecember 3, 2014December 3, 2016

Pyramus and Thisbe

The tale of Thisbe comes from book four of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. In ancient Babylon, the families of Pyramus and Thisbe live in separate houses that…

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MillaisPosted onAugust 13, 2014January 5, 2015

Pre-Raphaelites and Shakespeare: The Tempest

In The Tempest, Shakespeare tells us the story of Prospero, duke of Milan.  Prospero was dethroned by his brother Antonio and abandoned at sea with…

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Alexa WildingPosted onJuly 24, 2014September 22, 2016

The lure of water-women

In Rossetti’s 1853 drawing Boatmen and Siren, one of the boatmen is captivated by the siren, but is saved from certain death by his companion.…

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Elizabeth SiddalPosted onMay 28, 2014September 8, 2016

Ophelia’s Flowers

When John Everett Millais painted Ophelia he chose to depict her in the moments just before she drowns, a bold choice as most previous artists…

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ShakespearePosted onApril 23, 2014

Happy Birthday Shakespeare: Pre-Raphaelites and King Lear

If you are looking for Shakespeare inspiration today, you are in luck!  Visit happybirthdayshakespeare.com for a large collective of bloggers sharing posts in honor of the…

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Dante Gabriel RossettiPosted onDecember 5, 2013January 5, 2015

Pre-Raphaelites and Shakespeare: The Death of Lady Macbeth

Macbeth is such a powerful play that we fear invoking the name of it in the theatre.  It’s one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies and with…

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Ellen TerryPosted onJanuary 24, 2013January 4, 2015

Dame Ellen Terry

My interest in Dame Ellen Terry takes me to a period a bit later than the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.  Born into an acting family, Terry married…

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Ellen TerryPosted onJanuary 8, 2013January 4, 2015

Pursuing Ellen Terry

I’ve become quite interested in the actress Ellen Terry . One of the most popular performers of her day, Terry was briefly married to artist…

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ShakespearePosted onApril 23, 2012April 23, 2014

Happy Birthday Shakespeare! From the Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood archives: King Lear

If you are looking for Shakespeare inspiration today, you are in luck!  Visit happybirthdayshakespeare.com for a large collective of bloggers sharing posts in honor of the…

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Emma Madox BrownPosted onJanuary 9, 2011January 3, 2015

Pre-Raphaelites and Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

  “Romeo and Juliet‘s description of the frantic haste of the rash lovers blends together humor, irony, poignancy, and disapproval, but Shakespeare conveys above all…

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Ford Madox BrownPosted onSeptember 29, 2010January 3, 2015

Pre-Raphaelites and Shakespeare: King Lear

King Lear is a tragic play filled with anger and grief.   It is wrought with suffering and explores issues of old age and family as…

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ShakespearePosted onSeptember 20, 2010January 3, 2015

Pre-Raphaelites and Shakespeare: Claudio and Isabella

Claudio and Isabella, painted by William Holman Hunt, is based on Shakespeare’s play Measure for Measure. “The choice of such a scene is typical of…

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