The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was formed in 1848 by three artists: William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Gradually, the group expanded. From 1867, t… Read More

Vaishnavi Srivastava National Poetry Month just got a whole lot more colourful! Did you know that some of your favourite poets also had a hidden talent for illustration? These poets weren&rs… Read More

(Image credit: Museum of Fine Arts Boston) A new exhibition at Tate Britain celebrates the ‘strange and extreme’ world of the Rossetti family, who challenged conventions… Read More

Today, Elizabeth Eleanor (Lizzie) Siddal (1829 -1862 ) is perhaps best known as the model for John Everett Millais’ painting Ophelia. At the time, though at first a model for several i… Read More

Elizabeth Siddal, Pre-Raphaelite model and wife to Gabriel Rossetti, is the source of intrigue for many Victorian researchers. Her mystery began from her vague background as a milliners assi… Read More

On the 11th of February 1862, Elizabeth Siddal, an English artists’ model, died in London of a self-administered overdose of laudanum. In the early 1850s, as a young woman, Siddal was… Read More

The extraordinary story of the legendary beauty Lizzie Siddal is both surprising and tragic, and led to a strange myth that persists today. Lucinda Hawksley explores her legacy. I In… Read More

Jenny. Dante Gabriel Rossetti worked on this epic poem over many years. The woman he loved, and to who he addressed many of his poems was Elizabeth Siddal (1829-1862), and after a 10 year lo… Read More

It is widely acknowledged that one of the best ways to learn a new language is to visit a country that contains native speakers of the language you are studying. English is an excellent exam… Read More

Holiday season is upon us and there really is no better gift than a book! In addition to books we have read this year that we think would make great gifts, we've sought recommendations from… Read More

Licky Oats likes music. His ears and his mind are wide open. On his myspace blog he lists hundreds upon hundreds of his favorites. Somewhere between Aha and ZZ Top sits Vastlesssmudge. Thank… Read More