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This is Marie Spartali Stillman's amazing 1887 painting, Dante's Vision of Leah and Rachel!!

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2020-12-07

‘To the Tor’ by

“I love the connection between the natural rhythms of the land and how it reflects our presence or the lack of it”
Fiona’s great-grandfather was Pre-Raphaelite painter, Sir John Everett Millais.
You can see this in our current Winter Collection.

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2020-11-27

The Crystal Ball (1902) by John William Waterhouse (England, 1849-1917). Note: the painting has been restored to show the skull which had been covered by a previous owner.

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2020-11-25

Buy a Christmas present for the fan in your life! Check out the gifts in our online shop. https://t.co/HyV0N0fB7N
Or buy a print or canvas of a favourite artwork!
https://t.co/n7gBldQ4Im

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2020-11-23

Sir John Everett Millais’s 1849 oil -Christ in the House of His Parents, pre-Raphaelite idea, hints of renaissance black background colorfully realistically depicts an idealistic offshoot of bible stories, embellishing My religious WCs meant to embelish:

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2020-11-22

Man. If I had an unlimited fabric budget, unlimited sewing skills, and unlimited access to Romantic outdoor locations and a good photographer, I would cosplay nothing but Pre Raphaelite women.

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2020-11-20

This is Dante Gabriel Rossetti's 1868 painting, The Return of Tibullus to Delia! The image on the right is an earlier version (featuring Elizabeth Siddal) from c.1853!

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2020-11-20

William Holman Hunt (of Pre-Raphaelite fame), Bushey Church Interior (1815-20) watercolor. As you can see, the Jacobean box pews are no longer there. Restored and extended 1871 by Sir G.Gilbert Scott w/1897 additions.
https://t.co/gJaiTpkWF5

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2020-11-19

The Enchanted Garden of Messer Ansaldo by Marie Spartali Stillman 1889
Watercolour & Gouache on paper mounted on panel
(Pre-Raphaelite Inc. by courtesy of Julian Hartnoll)

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2020-11-18

WIP for Day 10 (Free Space) I'm naming "Paeonia".

Thinking of how to proceed with rendering it like a Raphaelite painting, with all the flowy, drapery clothes, flower accents and foliage.

Wish I can do this well.

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2020-11-12

Day 10
Pre-Raphaelite member, Henry Holiday (1839-1927), designed a series of tiles based on the fairy tale, 'The Little Mermaid', written by Hans Christian Andersen. They were produced by Minton Hollins & Co in c.1880.

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2020-11-11

We have been overjoyed to have the Pre-Raphaelite Knights exhibition here over the last few months, if you haven’t been able to make it in person, then check out the virtual tour here https://t.co/mDtPxZNP8R

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2020-11-04

Art of Marie Spartali Stillman (1844 - 1927), British painter of the second generation of Pre-Raphaelites.

Marie Spartali was of Greek origin - her father was a wealthy merchant, principal of the firm Spartali & Co, and a Greek consul. Her mother was a Greek from Genoa.

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2020-10-26