Tag: Victorian Era

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

(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) Christina Rossetti 1866 Private collection     Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Christina Rossetti…

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) Proserpine 1874 Tate…

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

(1828–1882) Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti The artist’s works: Self-Portrait 1847 National Portrait Gallery, London Ecce Ancilla Domini 1850 Tate Britain, London Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante 1852 Private collection Study for Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante 1852 Tate Britain, London Paolo…

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

(1806–1861) Elizabeth Barrett Browning, née Elizabeth Barrett Moulton-Barrett Works: • Aurora Leigh (English) • ‘He Giveth His Beloved Sleep’ (English) • O May I Join the Choir Invisible! and Other Favorite Poems (English) • The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning,…

Robert Browning

(1812–1889) Works: • A Blot in the ‘Scutcheon (English) • An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning’s Poetry (English) • Browning’s Shorter Poems (English) • Christmas Eve (English) • Dramatic Romances (English) • Life and Letters of Robert Browning…

Joseph Conrad

(1857–1924) Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski Works: • A Personal Record (1912) • A Set of Six (1908) • Almayer’s Folly (1895) • Amy Foster (1901) • An Outcast of the Islands (1896) • Chance: A Tale in Two Parts (1913)…

H. G. Wells

(1866–1946) Herbert George Wells Works: • A Modern Utopia (English) • A Short History of the World (English) • Aarnihauta ja muita juttuja (Finnish) • Aikakone (Finnish) • An Englishman Looks at the World (English) • Ann Veronica: A Modern…

Robert Louis Stevenson

(1850–1894) Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson Works: • Aarresaari (Finnish) • A Child’s Garden of Verses (English) • A Christmas Sermon (English) • A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa (English) • A Lowden Sabbath Morn (English) •…