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I wasn’t happy with the transcription of Little Journeys in the previous post, so I’ve scanned images of the book and created a PDF file.  Hopefully this will improve your reading experience.  There are some pages where words in the margin may appear just a bit blurry.  I’m afraid this was unavoidable since I was [...]

I recently happened upon a 14 volume set of Little Journeys at a local second-hand bookshop.  I was practically giddy with excitement to find these, especially the volume that includes Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddal.  I’ve scanned the book and transcribed the text.  Other volumes include Christina Rossetti, William Morris, and John Ruskin.  I plan on [...]

Rossetti acted as Lizzie’s teacher and mentor, but I do not feel that this aspect of their relationship was one-sided.  I prefer to  view their time together as one of collaboration and believe that they influenced each other in an artistic and symbiotic flow.  A good example of this is Siddal’s painting Lady Affixing a [...]

12 East Parade, Hastings. Friday [13 April 1860]. My Dear Mother, I write you this word to say that Lizzy and I are going to be married at last, in as few days as possible. I may be in town again first, but am not certain. If so, I shall be sure to see you; [...]

Yet again, I express my sincere gratitude to Jack Challem for sharing this treasure with lizziesiddal.com! Click to see full version: //

Author Jack  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. I am so grateful [...]

I’ve been working on a time line of Lizzie’s life. Here it is (so far). It is a work in progress, as I will be adding to this periodically as I learn more about Lizzie’s life. If you see anything that needs to be added or any inconsistencies please let me know. You know how [...]

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 to do [...]

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 from my own personal collection. In [...]