Lizzie’s life
Timeline of Elizabeth Siddal’s Life
July 25, 1829 – Birth of Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall (born at Charles Street, Hatton Garden) 1831 – Siddall family moves from Hatton Garden to Southwark (in South London) 1833 – Lizzie’s father, Charles, runs a business from his home at 8 Kent Place. This is the home they rented from James Greenacre, who would later [...]
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A Parable of Love
The proximity of their faces, his hand guiding hers, depicts an intimate setting. It shows a closeness that must have been felt by both Lizzie and DGR during the hours they spent together creating art at Chatham Place. Reading comments elsewhere online, I’ve seen their relationship described in a horribly dismissive way as if Rossetti [...]
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Lizzie’s Early Years
One of the aspects of Lizzie Siddal: Tragedy of a Pre-Raphaelite Supermodel that I found compelling was the anecdotal account of Lizzie’s early years and family life. I admire Lucinda Hawksley’s work and I think she’s written a well rounded account of the life of Elizabeth Siddal. I decided that for the purposes of this [...]
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Letters Written by Elizabeth Siddal
Elizabeth Siddal, drawn by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. On a personal note, this is one of my favorite drawings of Lizzie by D.G.R. The angle of her face, the feeling of closeness, the way she looks lost in her own thoughts. . . I find that reading Lizzie’s letters, although they are often brief, gives a [...]
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Description of Lizzie from Georgiana Burne-Jones
Description of Elizabeth Siddal (Kindly contributed to this site by Gary Attlesey) Georgiana Burne-Jones’ description of Lizzie Published in Memorials of Edward Burne-Jones by Georgiana Burne-Jones (London, Macmillan & Co. Limited 1904). Lizzie’s slender, elegant figure tall for those days, but I never knew her actual height comes back to me, in a graceful and [...]
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Paintings and Drawings by Elizabeth Siddal
"A drawer full of Guggums"
Inquest
Photographs of Elizabeth Siddal's grave
Handwriting analysis of Elizabeth Siddal and Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Interview with Siddal biographer Lucinda Hawksley
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