![]() ![]() She possessed the attributes of the perfect 'stunner' - red gold hair, and luminous eyes - and her whole attitude of fragility, expressive of melancholy, appealed deeply to the most romantic of British poet painters." "Elizabeth's influence on Rossetti's work was profound in particular she inspired in him a spirit of refinement and austerity which he was never able to find again, and is nowhere more obvious than in the series of wonderfully obsessive portraits which are reproduced together for the first time in this book."-BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. For Rossetti, Elizabeth represented the ideal woman. ![]() He fell headlong in love with her and later claimed that on this day 'he felt his destiny was defined'. Book excerpt: "The story behind the unique series of Rossetti's drawings of his Muse and wife Elizabeth Siddal is the story of a love affair which has all the elements of high Victorian Melodrama - romance, obsession, ill-health, tragic death and mysterious events in a graveyard." "Rossetti first met Elizabeth in 1852 soon after she had been 'discovered' working in the back room of a milliner's shop. ![]() This book was released on 1991 with total page 72 pages. ![]() Book Synopsis Rossetti's Portraits of Elizabeth Siddal by : Virginia SurteesÄownload or read book Rossetti's Portraits of Elizabeth Siddal written by Virginia Surtees and published by Ashmolean Museum. ![]()
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