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Elizabeth SiddalPosted onFebruary 1, 2020February 1, 2020

A Wondrous Pursuit

Today is  LizzieSiddal.com‘s 16th anniversary! February 1st is a happy memory for me; it’s a day that represents an idea, the beginning of a pursuit…

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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 onJuly 25, 2016September 8, 2016

Celebrating Elizabeth Siddal

On this day in 1829, Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall was born (she dropped a letter L from her name when she became an artist).  I write…

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Elizabeth SiddalPosted onJuly 20, 2016October 4, 2018

Lizzie Siddal: Love and Hate

Many people hear about Elizabeth Siddal through dramatic anecdotes of her life, such as the serious illness she suffered as a result of  posing in…

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Elizabeth SiddalPosted onFebruary 11, 2016January 18, 2017

What shapes our perception of Elizabeth Siddal?

 For those of us who admire Pre-Raphaelite art, Elizabeth Siddal is a familiar face.  Her story is repeated often and frequently embellished.  When beginning to…

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Elizabeth Siddal, drawb by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Elizabeth SiddalPosted onFebruary 11, 2015February 11, 2016

Dim Phantoms

On this day in 1862, Elizabeth Siddal died.  In many accounts of her, you will see her death described as suicide.  Whether intentional or not,…

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Dante Gabriel RossettiPosted onNovember 20, 2014September 8, 2016

Exploring Rossetti’s Home

“I was ushered into one of the prettiest and most curiously furnished old-fashioned parlours that I had ever seen. Mirrors and looking-glasses of all shapes,…

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Alexa WildingPosted onFebruary 12, 2014September 1, 2020

Regina Cordium (Queen of Hearts)

In 1859, Dante Gabriel Rossetti painted Bocca Baciata and it was a radical change in style. Afterwards his work gravitated towards images of a single…

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Elizabeth SiddalPosted onFebruary 10, 2014May 21, 2017

Elizabeth Siddal: Laying the ghost to rest

It would have been a perfect plot for a 1960’s Hammer Horror film:  on the death of his wife, a poet places his manuscript of…

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Charles Augustus HowellPosted onFebruary 4, 2014January 6, 2019

The Worst Man in London

  Seven years after her death, the coffin of Elizabeth Siddal was exhumed so that her husband, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, could publish the poetry he…

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Elizabeth SiddalPosted onJanuary 8, 2014January 5, 2015

Tennyson’s ‘Lady Clare’

“He does not love me for my birth, Nor for my lands so broad and fair; He loves me for my own true worth, And…

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BooksPosted onSeptember 12, 2013August 18, 2016

MUSE: A new poetry collection by Dawn Marie Kresan

Elizabeth Siddal still continues to inspire. Dawn Marie Kresan explores multiple aspects of Siddal’s life and legacy in a newly-published poetry collection, Muse. I was…

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Elizabeth SiddalPosted onSeptember 12, 2013August 23, 2016

Lizzie Siddal: A New Play by Jeremy Green

Copperhead Productions and Peter Huntley Productions present THE WORLD PREMIERE OF LIZZIE SIDDAL A NEW PLAY BY JEREMY GREEN AT THE ARCOLA THEATRE from Wednesday…

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Elizabeth SiddalPosted onAugust 11, 2013January 5, 2015

Image of the Week: Photograph of Elizabeth Siddal

  Photograph of Elizabeth Siddal Rossetti. For more, visit lizziesiddal.com

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Elizabeth SiddalPosted onFebruary 11, 2013January 4, 2015

February 11,1862

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Elizabeth SiddalPosted onFebruary 9, 2013January 4, 2015

Ophelia update at LizzieSiddal.com

I’ve just updated the Ophelia page at LizzieSiddal.com.  I’ve transcribed text relating to Ophelia from The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais.  I…

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Site RelatedPosted onFebruary 7, 2013January 4, 2015

Updates: Shakespeare Uncovered, Lizzie Siddal, Richard III

I’ve been quite busy this week.  I’m working on a post about White Rose and the Red for LizzieSiddal.com.  Written by modernist HD, White Rose…

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Elizabeth SiddalPosted onSeptember 18, 2012January 4, 2015

A discussion of Pre-Raphaelite women on BBC Radio 4

Women’s Hour visits the Pre-Raphaelite exhibit at the Tate to discuss the female Pre-Raphaelite artists.  I am pleased with the the attention paid to Elizabeth…

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Christina RossettiPosted onJune 13, 2012January 4, 2015

Delightful! The Rossettis as cartoon characters

You know I love the Rossetti family, but I have never thought of them as adorable before.  Until I saw the illustrations of Chiara Moriconi,…

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Elizabeth SiddalPosted onApril 20, 2012April 20, 2012

Via Tate YouTube: Two images of a muse

Lauren Laverne shares two examples of muses: Ophelia by Sir John Everette Millais and The Only Blond in the World by Pauline Boty. I love…

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Elizabeth SiddalPosted onApril 3, 2012

“Rara avis in terra”: One of a kind Lizzie Siddal needlepoint

Valerie Meachum offers up an intricate, one of a kind needlepoint based on a Dante Gabriel Rossetti portrait of Lizzie Siddal. Available at etsy.com. The…

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Elizabeth SiddalPosted onJanuary 17, 2012January 4, 2015

Special event at Highgate Cemetery for the 150th anniversary of Lizzie Siddal’s death.

February 11th is the 150th anniversary of Lizzie’s death. To commemorate this, Highgate Cemetery (Lizzie’s final resting place) is having a Talk at the cemetery…

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Dante Gabriel RossettiPosted onJanuary 10, 2012September 8, 2016

Pre-Raphaelite Marriages: Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddal

I’ve spent years reading about the relationship between Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddal.  One thing I’ve noticed through comments and emails I receive at…

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Dante Gabriel RossettiPosted onOctober 5, 2011January 3, 2015

How They Met Themselves

In my previous post, I mentioned Rossetti’s doppelganger painting, How They Met Themselves. I wanted to share his drawing of it above, because I prefer…

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Elizabeth SiddalPosted onSeptember 15, 2010January 3, 2015

Pre-Raphaelites and Shakespeare: Twelfth Night

I am beginning a series of posts that focuses on Pre-Raphaelite representations of Shakespeare’s works.  I felt the perfect painting to start with is Walter…

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