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Jul 31, 2020 · 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.
- Elizabeth Siddal: Self–Portrait. From the moment he first met her, the Pre-Raphaelite powerhouse Dante Gabriel Rossetti was obsessed with Elizabeth Siddal, whom he nicknamed Lizzie.
- The Haunted Wood by Elizabeth Siddal. It wasn’t long after picking up a pencil that Elizabeth Siddal found tangible success as an artist. Like other followers of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, Siddal gravitated towards medieval aesthetics and themes, including Arthurian legends and the poetry of Alfred Lord Tennyson.
- Lovers Listening to Music. When Elizabeth Siddal was introduced to the art critic John Ruskin, he took a look at her growing portfolio of drawings and declared that she was a better artist than Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
- Clerk Saunders. Elizabeth Siddal’s artistic career only lasted just short of a decade. During this time, she managed to create hundreds of original artworks and grow her reputation as a serious artist among the Victorian-era avant-garde.
Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall (25 July 1829 – 11 February 1862), better known as Elizabeth Siddal (a spelling she adopted in 1853), was an English artist, art model, and poet. Siddal was perhaps the most significant of the female models who posed for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood .
Portrait of Elizabeth Siddal, 1855, pen & brown & black ink by Rossetti. Rossetti’s drawings of Lizzie were frequently made in the evening, under conditions of candle or gaslight.
Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall (25 July 1829 – 11 February 1862), better known as Elizabeth Siddal (a spelling she adopted in 1853), was an English artist, art model, and poet. Siddal was perhaps the most significant of the female models who posed for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Nov 12, 2013 · Lizzie Siddal: Victorian model's tragic story on stage. In 1849, Lizzie Siddal was plucked from obscurity to pose for some of the best-known painters of the Victorian art world. Now her...
Pre-Raphaelite model, painter, and poet. Drawing of Elizabeth Siddal by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Drawn in Hastings; June 2, 1854. Elizabeth Siddal began her career as a model for members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, an artistic group that secretly formed in 1848.
