If I were a jigsaw fan ( no time) this would be my choice for a 1000piece jigsaw. ‘ The PreRaphaelites . Well designed and produced by Puzzle Dazzle

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Preraphaelites made nice art, I like how much they embrace myth.

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Two striking new paintings online, by Michael Frederick Halliday, "Algerian Women Playing Cards" and "The Pomegranate Sellers" (1864) https://t.co/mLq0idDMi3 and https://t.co/x27PmM3RtI (thanks Dennis T. Lanigan!). Halliday was a close associate of the

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Born in 1833: English artist (1833-98)

Portrait of the Artist's wife Georgiana Burne-Jones, née MacDonald (1840-1920), 1863

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Have you heard our great news? The exhibition is here to stay until early November.
Who is excited to explore these wonderful works on loan from galleries around the country?
Find more about the exhibition here: https://t.co/zfKjlkUtfD

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Sketches from Dante Gabriel Rossetti (England, 1828-1882). Rossetti was an poet, illustrator, painter - and a founder of the

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191 years ago, founder member of the John Everett Millais was born. His First and Second Sermon paintings are a witty take on the ideals of Victorian childhood versus the realities. The little girl pictured is his daughter Effie.

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Born in 1829: English painter (1829-96), one of the founders of the

Portrait of Louise Jane née Goode, later Rowe (1843-1933), 1879

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In her recent live talk for on the curator Victoria Osborne mentioned Saint Cecilia by Dante Gabriel Rossetti,1856-57, as one of her favourite works in 's collection. Find out more in this podcast from a few years ago!
https://t.co/08egFEuYP8

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Thank you to everyone who joined us for 's talk on the Pre-Raphaelites with . If you missed the zoom webinar then you can find the talk + Q&A on Facebook https://t.co/5rtwSsMoR1

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Born in 1828: (1828-82), member of the

Portrait of Margaret Anne Thompson (1833-65), 1852

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Born in 1829: English artist associated with the (1829-1904)

Portrait of Susanna Rose, 1862

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Born in 1827: English painter (1827-1910)

Portrait of Stephen Lushington (1782-1873), 1862

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Slow start, so had time to think about - & how Gabriel Rossetti was drawn to eerie subjects,
like the Doppelgängers in ‘How they met themselves’ (1864) or his many images of ‘Angel footfalls’ from Poe’s ‘The Raven’.

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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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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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