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'La Pensierosa' (1870, Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin–Madison)
Photo with her son Michael (1880, unknown photographer, printed by Emery Walker Ltd, 1880, NPG)
Marie Spartali Stillman on #SisterhoodSunday and #MothersDay
British artist, illustrator & designer Frederic James Shields was born #OTD in 1833
Shields produced 2 memorial stained glass windows at All Saints Church at Birchington-on-Sea which overlook the grave of D.G.Rossetti, whom he also drew painting 'The Day Dream' & on his death-bed
A sad coastal tale for this weekend's #SiddalSunday:
'Sir Patrick Spens' takes its subject from an ancient Scottish ballad and is an emotive image of loss & longing as wives & children looks out for a ship's sail which may never appear.... (watercolour, 1856 Tate)
For this week's Dantean-themed #GabrielGiovedi:
'Beatrice meeting Dante at a marriage feast, denies him her salutation' (watercolour 1855, Ashmolean)
An award-winning feat of chilly rebuffery!
This #MillaisMonday we herald the artist's haunting and meticulously vivid 'Ophelia' (1851-2, Tate), arguably his most famous work, accompanied by 3 other Ophelias (1889, 1894 & 1910) by John William Waterhouse who died #OTD in 1917
2 scenes from Shakespeare for this week's #WaterhouseWednesday & #HolmanHumpDay
Miranda- The Tempest 1916 (private collection)
Valentine Rescuing Sylvia from Proteus (depicting a scene from Act V, scene IV from The Two Gentlemen of Verona) 1851 (Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery)
Moments of high drama this #WaterhouseWednesday and #HolmanHumpDay!
(Claudio & Isabella, 1850, Tate and Apollo & Daphne 1908, private collection)
James Collinson died #OTD in 1881
1 of the original 7 PRB members, he was attracted to the devotional & high church aspects of Pre-Raphaelitism
One time fiancé of Christina Rossetti, he resigned from the Brotherhood after the scandal over Millais's Christ in House of His Parents
Fancy a midweek moment of sweet idleness?! If so join these luscious ladies in their leisure in this week's #WaterhouseWednesday & #HolmanHumpDay
'Il Dolce Far Niente' c.1866, retouched mid 1870s, Schaeffer Collection
'Dolce Far Niente' 1880, Kirkcaldy Museum & Art Gallery
Dunfermline-born Sir Joseph Noel Paton was born #OTD in 1821. Historical, allegorical & superb fairy painter, he was a close friend of Millais but turned down an invite to join the PRB.
Featured: The Bluidie Tryst 1855, Hesperus 1857 & The Fairy Raid (det) 1867 (Glasgow Museums)