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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 .
- Elizabeth Rossetti
- Highgate Cemetery, London
- Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall, 25 July 1829, Holborn, London, England
- 11 February 1862 (aged 32), Blackfriars, London, England
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.
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- 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.
Nov 16, 2022 · The face of Millais’ Ophelia and the bride of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Elizabeth Siddal was also an influential Pre-Raphaelite artist in her own right.
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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.
Dec 7, 2023 · Eyes closed, lips parted, in Beata Beatrix, Siddal looks as though she’s already left the world. She doesn’t notice the haloed dove about to drop a poppy flower in her open palms. This is the Siddal who lives on today: the original tragic heroine of art history, surrounded by symbols that cast her as a poetic icon, the ultimate object of ...
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