Lizzie siddal

Elisabeth Siddal, 1860 Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal (25 July 1829 – 11 February 1862) was an English artists’ model, poet and artist who was painted and drawn extensively by artists of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, including Walter Deverell, William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais(including Millais’ 1852 painting Ophelia) and most of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's early paintings of women.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti- Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal - Walters 38419 (cropped) - Category:Paintings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti — Wikimedia Commons

Description Inspired by this drawing by Rossetti: img28.imageshack.us/img28/7055/s479erarepro.jpg Pics by my boyfriend (Viktor Pjnov).

This story happens by lamplight, under a copse of trees and at the top of a steep hill, predictably under the cover of night when only the most nefarious deeds are done. It's October and the ground is frosted, but there are men at work with spades and shovels, digging into the soil with some ardour, awaiting

lizzie siddal

A new exhibition at Tate Britain celebrates the 'strange and 'extreme' world of the Rossetti family, who challenged conventions in art and life, writes Matthew Wilson.

Art influenced by the art and themes of the Pre Raphaelites with biographies, auctions and information on these artists.