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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, who captures the Rossetti clan delightfully. Here’s a link to the Rossetti album on Facebook, … Continue reading
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 how she describes both:
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“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 hand-embroidered inscription on the linen border refers to a letter to the artist’s sister, the … Continue reading
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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 it to the painting. This is an ink and wash on paper and is not … Continue reading
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On this day in 1862
On February 11, 1862, Elizabeth Siddal died of an overdose of Laudanum. This was a tragic end to a very sad period of her life. She and her husband, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, had suffered the birth of a stillborn … Continue reading
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Tagged Dante Gabriel Rossetti, death, Lizzie Siddal
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William Michael Rossetti on Elizabeth Siddal
I’ve also posted this at LizzieSiddal.com, so if you are subscribed to both through RSS then I apologize for the repetition: William Michael Rossetti was not only the brother of Dante Gabriel and an original member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday Elizabeth Siddal!
On July 25, 1829 Elizabeth Siddal was born! Lizzie is the original Pre-Raphaelite “Stunner”. Here’s a closer detail of Lizzie as Ophelia: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, whom Lizzie later married, also painted Lizzie as Ophelia: What I found most interesting is … Continue reading
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