# rossetti arthistory elizabethsiddal artist poet dantegabrielrossetti otd preraphaelite arte

Elizabeth Siddal, the muse of the Pre-Raphaelites became addicted to Laudanum & overdosed at age 32. Grief struck, husband Rossetti put the only copy of his poems in her coffin. 7 years on he exhumed her to retrieve his poems & found "her copper hair had grown to fill the coffin"

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2018-01-02

"All waiting for their own dear loves." The Ladies' Lament by Elizabeth Siddal,#artist & muse.#arte

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2016-07-13

A rollicking read aloud - Mary McKenna Siddals' Bringing the Outside In art.
https://t.co/A5zvvJ5gMq

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2016-05-06

Happy bday Dante Gabriel Rossetti! Did many languid, sensuous portraits of his lover Elizabeth Siddal in 1850s & 60s

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2014-05-12

'Clerk Saunders' by Elizabeth Siddal, 1857. I love the remarkable depth in this painting, and the eyes are haunting.

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2013-12-10