Tag: England

Elizabeth Siddal

(1829–1862) Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall, Lizzie The artist’s works: Lady Affixing Pennant to a Knight’s Spear c.1856 Tate Britain, London Sir Patrick Spens 1856 Tate Britain, London King Arthur’s Death c.1859–1862 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Lizzie in Art: Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Ophelia 1851–1852…

Christina Rossetti (1866)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Christina Rossetti 1866 Colored chalk on blue-gray paper, 79 x 63.5 cm Private collection See also: • Rossetti, Christina (1830-1894)

Christina Rossetti

(1830–1894) Christina Georgina Rossetti, pseudonym Ellen Alleyne Works: • Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems (English) • Poems (English) Christina Rossetti in Art: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Ecce Ancilla Domini 1849–1850 Tate Britain, London     Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Christina…

The Holy Grail (1874)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) The Holy Grail (The Damsel of the Sanct Grael) 1874 Oil on canvas, 92 x 57.7 cm Private collection See also: • Cornforth, Fanny (1835-1909)

Fair Rosamund (1861)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Fair Rosamund 1861 Oil on canvas, 51.9 x 41.7 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Fair Rosamund (d.c.1176) was the mistress of Henry II. She appears here behind a balustrade in the royal manor of Woodstock. The red…

Lady Lilith (1867)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Lady Lilith 1867 Watercolor and gouache, 51.3 x 44 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Fascinated by women’s physical allure, Rossetti here imagines a legendary femme fatale as a self-absorbed nineteenth-century beauty who combs her hair…

Bocca Baciata (1859)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Bocca Baciata (Lips That Have Been Kissed) 1859 Oil on panel, 32.1 x 27 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Fanny Cornforth (1835-1909), born Sarah Cox in Sussex, England, modelled frequently for Rossetti, becoming not only his…

Fanny Cornforth

(1835–1909) Fanny Cornforth, born Sarah Cox Photograph by W. & D. Downey, Newcastle, 1863. Fanny Cornforth in 1907. Fanny Cornforth in Art: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Bocca Baciata 1859 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston     Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Fair Rosamund…

Jane Morris

(1839–1914) Jane Morris, née Burden Jane Morris in Art: Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Annunciation and the Adoration of the Magi 1861 Tate Britain, London     Morris, William (1834-1896) La Belle Iseult 1858 Tate Britain, London     Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) The Wedding of…