“Rara avis in terra”: One of a kind Lizzie Siddal needlepoint
Valerie Meachum offers up an intricate, one of a kind needlepoint based on a Dante Gabriel Rossetti portrait of Lizzie Siddal. Available at etsy.com. The hand-embroidered inscription on the linen border refers to a letter to the artist’s sister, the poet Christina Rossetti, in which he mentions a black silk dress Lizzie had recently [...]
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On the anniversary of Elizabeth Siddal’s death:
Previously posted at preraphaelitesisterhood.com: I am surfacing. I apologize for my silence and lack of posting. For the past couple of weeks, we’ve been coming to terms with the fact that my husband is going to continue to be hospitalized at least until mid-March with osteomyelitis, a bone infection. So, I’ve been adapting to life [...]
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The death of Elizabeth Siddal remembered at Highgate Cemetery
Via Jan Marsh: The 150th anniversary of Elizabeth Siddal’s death on 11 February 1862 from an opiate overdose is being marked at her graveside in Highgate Cemetery tomorrow morning, with a display in the newly redecorated funeral chapel in splendid Puginesque style, and a lecture in the evening. If weather permits – ice and snow [...]
Special Event at Highgate Cemetery for the 150th anniversary of Elizabeth Siddal’s death
February 11th is the 150th anniversary of Lizzie’s death. To commemorate this, Highgate Cemetery (Lizzie’s final resting place) is having a Talk at the cemetery on that day by Lucinda Hawksley, author of Lizzie Siddal, Tragedy of a Pre-Raphaelite Supermodel. Being in the U.S., I will not be able to attend, but my ever-faithful [...]
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