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Did Elizabeth Siddal inspire Bram Stoker?

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In the early years of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, artist Walter Deverell discovered Elizabeth Siddal working in a millinery shop.  After modeling for his painting Twelfth Night, Siddal posed for several Pre-Raphaelite painters, including William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais. It was the artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti who was most captivated by her. He drew … Read more

‘Young PRB’ by Elisabeth M. Lee: A novel of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

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My compliments to Elisabeth M.Lee.  To write a novelization of the early days of the Brotherhood must be an arduous task.  The Pre-Raphaelites are complicated, there is so much going on that there is a danger of the tale becoming muddied and all of the scintillating bits could overtake the narrative.  This book is not … Read more