Scholar Heloise d'Argenteuil (c.1072-1164), whose remains were reunited to her lover's Abélard by Empress Josephine, was depicted by Angelika Kauffmann and Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
Couples disapproved of come to the vault so that their union can be blessed

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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1871-1945)
The Posthumous Child

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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, 1872 – 1945, English artist, 'Love! has she done this to thee'

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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, 1872 – 1945, English artist, Love and his Counterfeits

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was a prophetess who dwelt in the Mound of Croghan.

Her golden hair fell below her knees. She was clad in green.
She used a shuttle of pure gold to weave fabric upon a loom.

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7 Mars. Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale

Peintresse Pré-raphéalique, on plonge directement dans le monde féerique et Shakespearien du merveilleux. Les compositions et les couleurs entraînent le spectateur directement dans une ambiance d'un Rossetti ou d'un Millais.

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Guinevere, by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, 1919 art

She is the wife and queen of King Arthur in the Arthurian legend. Guinevere has been portrayed as everything from a villainous and opportunistic traitor to a fatally flawed but noble and virtuous lady.

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Rosalind and Celia, by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, 1919

Rosalind is the heroine and protagonist of the play As You Like It (1600) by William Shakespeare. Celia likewise but not the heroine or protagonist

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Una and The Red Cross Knight, by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, 1919 art

Taken, I believe, from The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser.

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Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale*

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'The Lover's World'
Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale

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Details from Beneath the Blossom

Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (British, 1872-1945)

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The Deceitfulness of Riches and The Little Foot Page by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale / Villa Whitaker Malfitano and (I don't know the title of this one actually? it's under Survey on her website) by Jane Irish

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“A Knight & Cupid before a castle door”
1900

A knight & his steed bow their heads to cupid. At the hooves of the horse, human bones—the knight carries a crown, oak wreath & dragon head https://t.co/GfBLWwcCj4

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