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  • Did Elizabeth Siddal inspire Bram Stoker?

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    Stephanie E. Chatfield

    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…

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

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    Stephanie E. Chatfield

    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…

  • Hall Caine on Elizabeth Siddal’s Exhumation

    Hall Caine on Elizabeth Siddal’s Exhumation

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    Stephanie E. Chatfield

      In 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 by the…

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

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    Stephanie E. Chatfield

    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

  • Little Journeys in PDF

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    Stephanie E. Chatfield

    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…

  • Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers: Rossetti and Siddal

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    Stephanie E. Chatfield

    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…

  • The Legend of Elizabeth Siddal to be republished

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    Stephanie E. Chatfield

    The Legend of Elizabeth Siddal by Jan Marsh is set to be back in print. The book will be available from the publisher, Quartet Books, in May. This book has become a sought after item for many Siddal enthusiasts, often garnering high prices on eBay and other online book sellers.

  • Interview with Lucinda Hawksley

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    Stephanie E. Chatfield

    Lucinda 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 Lizzie Siddal: Tragedy of a Pre-Raphaelite Supermodel, I encourage you to do so. It is an interesting and well-researched narrative of Siddal’s life. She has also recently published a biography of Charles…