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Fresh betrayal: a revised chapter in the early history of the Pre-Raphaelites
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 389–391
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Author:
Beckham, Susie (Beckham, Susie)
Subjects
artists:
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel / Millais, John Everett / Hunt, William Holman
dates:
1840-1849 / 1850-1859
subjects:
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood / Journals / British art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The girlhood of Mary Virgin, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. 1848–49. Oil on canvas, 83.2 by 65.4 cm. (Tate).
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2. Rienzi vowing to obtain justice for the death of his young brother, by William Holman Hunt. 1849. Oil on canvas, 83 by 117 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Detail of Fig.4, showing the initials ‘PRB’ carved into the bench in the lower-right corner of the painting.
Attributed works:
4. Isabella, by John Everett Millais. 1849. Oil on canvas, 103 by 142.8 cm. (National Museums, Liverpool).
Book Review
Elizabeth Siddal: Her Story
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 218–219
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Reviewer:
Wild, Tessa (Wild, Tessa)
Subjects
artists:
Siddal, Elizabeth / Rossetti, Dante Gabriel / Deverell, Walter Howell
subjects:
Victorian art / Women artists / Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Elizabeth Siddal: Her Story By Jan Marsh. 158 pp. incl. 101 col. + b. & w. ills. (Pallas Athene, London, 2023), £17.99. ISBN 978–1–84368–231–8 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Clerk Saunders, by Elizabeth Siddal. 1857. Watercolour, body colour and coloured chalks on paper, 28 by 18 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
Obituary
Allen Staley (1935–2023)
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 105–106
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Author:
Gere, Charlotte (Gere, Charlotte)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Columbia University, New York, United States
subjects:
Staley, Allen, New York , United States / Art historians / Victorian art / Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood / American art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Allen Staley, photographed at Carcassonne in 1998. (Courtesy of the Staley family).
Exhibition Review
The Rossettis
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 787–789
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Reviewer:
Treuherz, Julian (Treuherz, Julian)
Subjects
artists:
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel / Rossetti, Christina / Rossetti, William Michael
artists:
Siddal, Elizabeth / Morris, Jane, 1839-1914
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain / Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, United States
subjects:
Victorian art / Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Rossettis Tate Britain, London 6th April–24th September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
11. Title page to Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti, illustrated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. 1865. (Tate; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
12. Installation view of The Rossettis at Tate Britain, London, 2023. (Photograph Isidora Bojovic).
Attributed works:
13. St Agnes’ eve, by Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal. 1853–60. (National Trust, Wightwick Manor; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Book Review
Pre-Raphaelites in the Spirit World: The Séance Dairy of William Michael Rossetti
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 947-948
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Reviewer:
Grant, Simon (Grant, Simon)
Subjects
artists:
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel / Rossetti, William Michael
subjects:
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood / Victorian art / Spiritualism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Pre-Raphaelites in the Spirit World: The Séance Dairy of William Michael Rossetti Edited by J.B. Bullen, Rosalind White and Lenore A. Beaky. 176 pp. incl. 8 col. + 1 b. & w. ills. (Peter Lang, Oxford, 2022), £35. ISBN 978–1–78997–442–3. | :
Book Review
Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings & Watercolours
12/2021 | 1425 | 163
Pages: 1215-1216
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Reviewer:
Bronkhurst, Judith (Bronkhurst, Judith)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
museums and institutions:
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Great Britain
subjects:
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood / Pre-Raphaelite art / Drawings / Watercolours
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings & Watercolours By Christiana Payne, with essays by Fiona Mann and Robert Wilkes. 240 pp. incl. 163 ills. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2021), £25. ISBN 978–1–910807–43–9. | :
Book Review
Portrait of a Muse: Frances Graham, Edward Burne-Jones and the Pre- Raphaelite Dream
06/2021 | 1419 | 163
Pages: 562-563
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Reviewer:
Gere, Charlotte (Gere, Charlotte)
Subjects
artists:
Burne-Jones, Edward
subjects:
Graham (Horner), Frances / Victorian art / Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Portrait of a Muse: Frances Graham, Edward Burne-Jones and the Pre- Raphaelite Dream By Andrew Gailey. 320 pp. 118 col. + b. & w. ills. (Wilmington Square Books, London, 2020), £25. ISBN 978–1–913394–40–0. | :
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A lost portrait by F.G. Stephens
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 598-601
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Author:
Wilkes, Robert (Wilkes, Robert)
Subjects
artists:
Stephens, Frederick George / Hunt, William Holman
dates:
1850-1859
museums and institutions:
Tate Gallery, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Bridger, Charles
subjects:
British art / Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood / Portraiture / Stolen works of art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
11. Charles Bridger, by Frederic George Stephens. 1855. Oil on canvas, approx. 12 by 8.2 cm. (Photograph Tate Archives).
Attributed works:
12. Dorothy Mary Stephens (The artist’s stepmother), by Frederic George Stephens. c.1852. Oil on canvas, approx. 52 by 38 cm. (Repr. in J.B. Manson: Frederick George Stephens and the Pre-Raphaelite Brothers, London 1920, pl.4).
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13. Septimus Stephens (The artist’s father), by Frederic George Stephens. 1852–53. Oil on canvas, approx. 52 by 38 cm. (Repr. in J.B. Manson: Frederick George Stephens and the Pre-Raphaelite Brothers, London 1920, pl.3).
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14. The flight of Madeline and Porphyro during the drunkenness attending the revelry (The eve of St Agnes), by William Holman Hunt. 1848. Oil on canvas, 75 by 113 cm. (Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London Corporation; Bridgeman Images).
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15. John Key, by William Holman Hunt. c.1846– 47. Oil on canvas, 35.6 by 30.5 cm. (Tate).
Attributed works:
16. Dorothy Mary Stephens, by Frederic George Stephens. c.1850–52. Graphite on paper, 19.4 by 17.5 cm. (Tate).
Book Review
Pre-Raphaelite Sisters
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 550-552
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Reviewer:
Stocker, Mark (Stocker, Mark)
Subjects
artists:
Cameron, Julia Margaret / Rossetti, Christina / Stillman, Marie Spartali / Boyce, Joanna Mary
subjects:
British art / Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood / Women artists / Models (people) / Muses / Victorian art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Pre-Raphaelite Sisters Edited by Jan Marsh. 208 pp. incl. 160 col. + b. & w. ills. (National Portrait Gallery, London, 2019),  35. ISBN 978–1–85514–727–0. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Effie Millais, by John Everett Millais. 1853. Oil on canvas, 99.6 by 84.1 cm. (Perth Museum and Art Gallery).
Book Review
The Pre-Raphaelites and Science, J. Holmes
05/2019 | 1394 | 161
Pages: 443-444
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Reviewer:
Bremner, G.A. (Bremner, G.A.)
Subjects
art literature:
Ruskin, John
dates:
1850-1899
subjects:
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood / Science / Theology / Nature / Victorian art / Truth / Architecture
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