"The Sleaping Beauty" by Edward Burne-Jones (1870-1890).

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Fanny was a vulnerable woman without family or support with only debts left by her dead husband. Fanny was turned out of the house in Cheyne Walk and the keys taken from her on the Rossetti family’s behalf, supposedly unbeknown to Rossetti.

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A sweet dream... or a beautiful nightmare? You can decide where you’ll be spoilt for choice interpreting their Dreams & Nightmares exhibition

Edward Byrne-Jones
Cupid delivering Psyche, 1867
Watercolour, bodycolour, chalk & oil pastel on paper

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''À Bientôt'' by Valentine Cameron Prinsep.

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According to Sarah she remembered having her hair swiped or accidentally flicked resulting in her pins coming loose and her copper gold locks tumbling down. Sarah becomes Fanny @ https://t.co/tFm6yshGeS

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I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (1915) by J.W. Waterhouse (UK, 1849–1917). Our lady is confined in her tower, viewing the world outside only through reflections in the mirror. Note the loom shuttles look like boats, a foreshadowing of her watery death.

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Feeling very inspired by the Pre-Raphaelite Sisters exhibition and wondering who my next sister should be. I have started a Jane Avril/ Toulouse Lautrec figure, but will be making more at https://t.co/XOm4MP1HYf

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We fans are a bit spoilt at the moment. Another glorious and free! exhibition is open in Southampton with many favourites and plenty of unknown (to me) gems.

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'Miranda, The Tempest' - John William Waterhouse, 1916.

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Sir Patrick Spens by Elizabeth Siddall, 1856
In true Pre-Raphaelite fashion, Siddall was a poet painting a poem (Sir Patrick Spens is a traditional Scottish ballad)

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John William Waterhouse (1849–1917)

The Bouquet, n.d

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Lamia
John William Waterhouse
oil on canvas, 1905

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Hero Holding the Beacon for Leander (c. 1885) by Evelyn de Morgan (England, 1855-1919). Hero was a priestess of Aphrodite - and lived in a tower.

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