Beata Beatrix: A Lizzie Siddal short story in Electric Velocipede

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Stephanie Pina

Electric Velocipede‘s current issue has a Lizzie inspired short story, Beata Beatrix, written by Jenna Waterford.  (I must thank Valerie Meachum for bringing this to my attention!  I read a comment she posted on Lizzie Siddal’s facebook page, created by biographer Lucinda Hawksley)

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“So, why do you do this Lizzie Siddal thing?”

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Stephanie Pina

Once someone asked me why I spend so much time creating a site about a woman who committed suicide years and years ago. Although I am not asked that question often, I can’t shake this feeling that there are people I know that can’t quite grasp why I started this site.  On the one hand, [...]

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New photos of Lizzie’s grave from Kris Waldherr

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Stephanie Pina

Updates to Photograph’s of Elizabeth Siddal’s Grave: Author and artist Kris Waldherr recently made the pilgrimage to Lizzie’s grave and has generously shared her photos.   She is the author of Doomed Queens, The Lover’s Path and The Book of Goddesses, and creator of The Goddess Tarot.  Visit her website. I’ve added a total of ten [...]

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Thoughts on birth and Elizabeth Siddal

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Stephanie Pina

I write this as the mother of three children and, thankfully,  have never suffered the tragedy of a stillbirth as Elizabeth Siddal did.   I discovered Lizzie early in my adulthood, yet it was after the birth of my second child that my interest in her grew and I felt a strong urge to seek out [...]

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Updates

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Stephanie Pina

Three new photos have been added to the Photos of Lizzie’s Grave page.  They are beautiful and my compliments to the volunteers at Highgate Cemetery who are dedicated to keeping the place in such good condition. After the previous post about Hall Caine and his mention of poppies, I was delighted to read this post [...]

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Hall Caine on Elizabeth Siddal’s Exhumation

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Stephanie Pina

I have been reading Hall Caine’s Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. He touches briefly on Lizzie’s exhumation to retrieve the manuscript of poems that DGR had placed in her coffin: Rossetti had buried the only complete copy of his poems with his wife at Highgate, and for a time he had been able to put [...]

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The Sexton’s Tales: The Exhumation of Ophelia

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Stephanie Pina

I am grateful to Emlyn Harris for allowing me to share this podcast with you. You can download a copy here at LizzieSiddal.com or if you use iTunes, it is available there as well. The Sexton’s Tales series were originally broadcast by the BBC between 1995 and 1997. This episode, narrated by the writer Emlyn Harris, features the [...]

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Pre-Raphaelites and Shakespeare:

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Stephanie Pina

I’ve planned a series of posts atPre-Raphaelite Sisterhood that focuses on Pre-Raphaelite paintings of Shakespeare’s works.   I felt it fitting to begin with Walter Howell Deverell’s Twelfth Night, which also marks Lizzie Siddal’s first appearance on canvas: Pre-Raphaelites and Shakespeare: Twelfth Night

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William Morris in Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great PDF

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Stephanie Pina

As mentioned in a previous post, I happily stumbled upon and purchased a set of Little Journeys in a local second-hand bookshop.   I will be sharing the portions of the series that involve people related to the Pre-Raphaelites here at LizzieSiddal.com in PDF format. Read Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors:  William Morris

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