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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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William Holman HuntPosted onApril 2, 2017April 2, 2017

Happy Birthday,William Holman Hunt!

William Holman Hunt, one of the founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, was born on this day in 1827.  Today I’d like to share some…

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wombatsPosted onDecember 30, 2016December 28, 2019

May the Force Be With You

When Victorian artist Ford Madox Brown saw William Charles Macready play King Lear, the performance inspired the artist so much that he passionately sketched and…

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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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Albert Joseph MoorePosted onSeptember 22, 2016April 22, 2019

The Symbolism of Lepidoptera

Truth to nature was one of the main tenets of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and an excellent example of this can be seen in the Death’s…

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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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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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wombatsPosted onApril 24, 2015April 24, 2015

Alas, poor Wombat…

This week marks the birth of William Shakespeare, so in celebration I shared several Pre-Raphaelite and Shakespeare related links on the Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood Facebook page…

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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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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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MillaisPosted onOctober 18, 2013January 5, 2015

To live forgotten, and die forlorn

And on the liquid mirror glow’d The clear perfection of her face, ‘Is this the form,’ she made her moan, ‘That won his praises night…

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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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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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BooksPosted onOctober 24, 2011June 28, 2017

The Green Girl

If you are reading Mortal Love along with us, you may have noticed that part one of  the book is titled The Green Girl.  It…

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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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