This book traces the life of Lizzie Siddal, who, from her humble beginnings as a shop girl, became a central figure of the Pre-Raphaelite movement by the time she died at 32 from a self-inflicted ...

Why have there been no great women Pre-Raphaelites? Well, it turns out there were quite a few. The first exhibition to focus on the women behind the movement that took Victorian Britain by storm ...

On a dark October night in London's Highgate cemetery, a macabre scene was taking place. The poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti was opening the coffin of his dead wife Lizzie Siddal to recover a ...

In I Wake Again, a new exhibit at the Delaware Art Museum, pieces by Holly Trostle Brigham ’88 spotlight the life and work of Pre-Raphaelite artist Elizabeth Siddal. Remembered by history primarily as ...

Ruth Millington tells the story of the women (and nine men) who have been portrayed in various paintings considered “masterpieces.” Dante Gabriel Rosetti, "Portrait of Elizabeth Siddal" (c. 1854), ...

As a professor of pre-Raphaelite studies, I was excited to see that the track list for Taylor Swift’s 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl includes a song called The Fate of Ophelia. Ahead of the ...

The walls of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s parlor were filled with mirrors of all sizes; the dining room decorated with black lacquered panels of Mandarin birds, animals, flowers, and fruit delicately ...