Elizabeth Siddal: Personal Life
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Elizabeth Siddal (July 25, 1829 - February 11, 1862)
Lizzie was discovered by the artist Walter Deverell, who painted her as Viola in his depiction of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Lizzie went on to model for other Pre-Raphaelite artists and is most commonly recognized as Ophelia in the painting by John Everett Millais. But it [...]
Elizabeth Siddal and the Pre-Raphaelites
Elizabeth Siddal and Tennyson»
It has been said that Lizzie developed a love of poetry at a young age, after discovering a Tennyson poem on a scrap of newspaper that had been used to wrap a pat of butter. Unfortunately, we do not know which poem captured her attention. But in honor of that moment, LizzieSiddal.com would like to [...]
LizzieSiddal.com interviews author Lucinda Hawksley»
I am thrilled and honored that Lucinda Hawksley, author of Lizzie Siddal: Tragedy of a Pre-Raphaelite Supermodel, took the time to answer a few questions. Hawksley is a best selling author, speaker, and the great-great-great- granddaughter of Charles Dickens. If you have not yet read her biography of Elizabeth Siddal, I encourage you [...]
Siddal and Rossetti
Marriage Certificate of Elizabeth Siddal and Dante Gabriel Rossetti»Yet again, I express my sincere gratitude to Jack Challem for sharing this treasure with lizziesiddal.com!
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Handwriting Analysis of Lizzie Siddal & Dante Gabriel Rossetti»Author Jack Joseph Challem, who was kind enough to share his photo of Lizzie’s grave, has also been gracious enough to mail me an article he co-wrote for The Journal of Pre-Raphaelite Studies in 1987. This is an analysis of the handwriting of both Elizabeth Siddal and her husband, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. [...]
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
“A drawer full of Guggums…”»
It was well known within their circle of friends that Lizzie and Gabriel referred to each other by the pet name of “Guggums”. Ford Madox Brown wrote about this curious nickname and Rosseti’s obsessive drawing of his beloved “Guggums”:
“Called on Dante Rossetti. Saw Miss Siddal, looking thinner and more deathlike and more beautiful and more [...]
I’ve taken new scans of Rossetti’s obituary, which are larger and should be easier to read. They are large image files, so they will take a while to load if you are on a slower connection.
Photographs of the obituary of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, written by Edmund W. Gosse [...]
Handcrafted Lizzie Siddal Pillow!
