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Burne-JonesPosted onOctober 4, 2017October 4, 2018

A Pre-Raphaelite Look at Hitchcock’s Vertigo

Warning: This post contains spoilers. If you have not seen Vertigo, you might want to back away slowly because I do not want to ruin…

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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 26, 2016October 26, 2016

Victorian Murder

In 1857, a twenty-two-year-old woman stood trial in Glasgow for murdering her former lover. It was the cause célèbre of the day and artist Dante…

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tv/filmPosted onMay 31, 2016May 31, 2016

Rebel’s Daydream: An Animated Short Film

A breathtaking animated video celebrating the beauty and poetry of Pre-Raphaelite art. Directed and produced by Anna-Ester Volozh. Honestly, I was touched by the delicacy…

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tv/filmPosted onMay 26, 2016May 26, 2016

Pre-Raphaelite Sighting in Whitechapel

New addition to the Pre-Raphaelite Sightings page.  William Holman Hunt’s painting Isabella and the Pot of Basil spotted in Whitechapel. If you are unfamiliar with…

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Burne-JonesPosted onMay 19, 2016May 19, 2016

Sidonia: From Burne-Jones to Tim Burton

I posted about Sir Edward Burne-Jones’ painting Sidonia von Bork in 2009, but Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood’s readership has grown quite a bit since then, so I…

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Elizabeth SiddalPosted onApril 12, 2016December 8, 2018

Blanche Fury

Over the years, the term Pre-Raphaelite somehow took on a life of its own and no longer refers to just art of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood,…

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tv/filmPosted onApril 4, 2016January 25, 2018

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

Happening upon unexpected Pre-Raphaelite art and influences while watching a film or reading a book are some of the delicious delights of my life.  Curled…

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Dante Gabriel RossettiPosted onJanuary 12, 2016

Sighting: Pre-Raphaelite art in Law and Order: SVU

New addition to the Unexpected Pre-Raphaelite Sightings page. Season 17, episode 1 of Law and Order: SVU included Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s Belcolore and Lady Lilith.…

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Evelyn De MorganPosted onJuly 13, 2015July 13, 2015

Pre-Raphaelite Sighting in Murder, She Wrote

A new sighting has just been added to the Unexpected Pre-Raphaelite Sightings page. Episode 10 of the first season of Murder, She Wrote shows Aurora…

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tv/filmPosted onApril 27, 2015April 27, 2015

Pre-Raphaelite Sighting in Deception

An exciting new addition to the Unexpected Pre-Raphaelite Sightings page! Thank you to Victoria Osborne for sharing. The 2013 thriller The Best Offer (Deception) stars…

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mythPosted onApril 25, 2015April 25, 2015

ABC’s Forever

Forever has become a show that our entire family watches together. I love the premise: A 200-year-old man works in the New York City Morgue…

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mythPosted onMarch 27, 2015

#MythicMarch nears its end

Happy Wombat Friday!  This week, our hero the wombat admires Waterhouse’s Flora and the Zephyrs, which can be seen in the previous post The Winds…

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Site RelatedPosted onJanuary 9, 2015January 9, 2015

Pre-Raphaelite work spotted in Seinfeld

I’ve added a new entry to the Unexpected Sightings page. ‘Reverie’ by Dante Gabriel Rossetti can be seen in the background of NBC sitcom  Seinfeld.…

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tv/filmPosted onJuly 15, 2014

New Pre-Raphaelite Sighting: Morris Wallpaper in Monarch of the Glen

New sighting added to the Unexpected Pre-Raphaelite Sightings page! Monarch of the Glen:  Archie MacDonald, a young restaurateur is called back to his childhood home…

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Henry Meynell RheamPosted onMarch 22, 2014December 15, 2017

Pre-Raphaelite Princess of Star Wars

When Time magazine asked George Lucas about the unusual hairstyle he created for Star Wars character Princess Leia, he answered: In the 1977 film, I…

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tv/filmPosted onJanuary 9, 2014January 5, 2015

Pre-Raphaelite Sighting: Sandys’ ‘Mary Magdalene’ on America Unearthed

Here’s a new addition to the Pre-Raphaelite Sightings page. I was watching an episode of America Unearthed recently and was surprised to see Frederick Sandys’ painting…

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tv/filmPosted onApril 22, 2013April 22, 2013

Latest Pre-Raphaelite Sightings

New images added to the Unexpected Pre-Raphaelite Sightings page! Thank you to Alexandrion Drallipo for discovering these images.  William Morris’ Larkspur wallpaper in Finding Neverland:…

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NewsPosted onOctober 24, 2012January 4, 2015

Help The Lady of Shalott film be released online for free

The Lady of Shalott film is one of the most beautiful projects I have ever seen.  On an aesthetic level, it encompasses everything I love:…

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Dante Gabriel RossettiPosted onSeptember 24, 2012January 4, 2015

The Most Unexpected Pre-Raphaelite Sighting Yet

Of all of our Unexpected Pre-Raphaelite Sightings, this one surprised me the most.  We are avid Netflix users and my daughter and I have been…

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tv/filmPosted onApril 10, 2012December 6, 2013

Latest Pre-Raphaelite Sighting: Nim’s Island

Another siting for the Unexpected Pre-Raphaelite Sightings list.  Alexandrion Drallipo has noticed a William Morris wallpaper pattern in the movie Nim’s Island.  This is the…

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John RuskinPosted onMarch 9, 2012

Will Emma Thompson’s latest film renew interest in the Pre-Raphaelites?

Matthew Cain, Culture Editor at Channel 4, delivers a wonderful and thought provoking piece on Emma Thompson’s new movie Effie and the possibility that it…

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Dante Gabriel RossettiPosted onJanuary 19, 2012January 4, 2015

Rossetti and Ruskin

  In two previous posts, I talked about the marriages of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Ruskin. Here’s a photograph of both men, courtesy of…

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Site RelatedPosted onDecember 3, 2011December 6, 2013

New Pre-Raphaelite Sighting: Thomas Crown Affair

Alexandrion Drallipo (and her excellent Pre-Raphaelite eye) has once again given me a wonderful sighting for the Unexpected Pre-Raphaelite Sightings list.  Thanks for the screen…

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tv/filmPosted onJuly 25, 2011December 6, 2013

New Pre-Raphaelite Sightings (An Education, Cashback, Me Without You)

New sightings to add to the ever-growing list of Unexpected Pre-Raphaelite Sightings in movies or television.  Via this blog’s Facebook page, Alexandrion Drallipo has sent…

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