Elizabeth (Lizzie) Eleanor Siddal, model, muse, wife, painter and poet

J.E. Millais, Study for Ophelia, 1852
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Lizzie's portrait, 1853-4
Self-portrait, 1854
One of Elizabeth E. Siddal's poems

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Medieval tragedy & intrigue for With the Rapunzel-like 'Fair Rosamund' (1916, priv.coll) we return to Rosamund Clifford, mistress of Henry II, kept in a tower surrounded by a maze, a tale which fascinated Chaucer, Tennyson, Swinburne, Rossetti & Burne-Jones.

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Il mio nome è Sarebbe-potuto-essere; mi chiamo anche Non-più, Troppo-tardi,
Addio.

(Dante Gabriel Rossetti - La casa della vita)

🎨Painting Marina Podgaevskaya

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In Greek mythology, Mnemosyne was the titan goddess of memory and mother of the nine muses, fathered by Zeus. It is from her name we get the word mnemonic, which is a memory aid.

Art: Mnemosyne or Lamp of Memory - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, ca. 1880.

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stayed with the Heatons in Wood Bank, in 1861 whilst designing 3 panels: The Lady of Woodbank & Daughters. The following year two of his panels in the Tristram & Isoude windows were made for Walter Dunlop of Harden Grange, nr https://t.co/EjETAb2Xx0

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Sketches from Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882). Which is your favourite? Rossetti was an English poet, illustrator, painter, translator - and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti is next out of the online image resource for dive in yourself and look for Drawings & Illustrations!
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Woman combing her hair, Fanny Cornforth
The Raven - Angel Footfalls
Portrait of a Young Man

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“They had been the reason for the receding love between her and her husband. She claimed a substitution for her sacrifices, an amendment of her situation.”
WritingDay
"Within Paravent Walls"
"Fair Rosamund" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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"The Day Dream" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. (1880)

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To appreciate Solomon’s unique approach it’s worth examining works by the other PRB painters for comparison. The Monna Vanna (1866) by Rossetti, Georgiana (1883) by Burne-Jones, Bridesmaid by JE Millais & Tuscan Girl (1869) by Holman Hunt

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Arthur Rackham. Frontispiece illustration to Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market (1933)

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...la felicità è sempre eguale, ma l’infelicità può avere infinite variazioni, anche Tolstoj...diveva, la felicità è una fiaba, l’infelicita un romanzo...splendida citazione❤️🔝🌹👏😍e bellissima la lady di Rossetti cara amica BS a te e amici
Waterhouse

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Angel Footfalls, sketches for Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven. The artist is Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1846.

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'The Bower Meadow' - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1872.

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Continuing our rose theme, featuring 'Roman de la Rose (1864, Tate) and 'Three Roses' (1874, private collection) for this week's Also floral examples of Rossetti's evolution in style....

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It's late in the evening; she's wondering what clothes to wear
She puts on her make-up and brushes her long blond hair
And then she asks me, Do I look all right?
And I say, "Yes, you look wonderful tonight."
~ Eric Clapton

🎨 Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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