the pre-raphaelist

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The Pre-Raphaelite Pothole, Terrace Road, St. Leonards-on-sea; part of the Great Art, Great Potholes series by SinkySnap. (x)

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She bound her green sleeve on my helm Sweet pledge of love's sweet meed Warm was the bared arm round my neck As well she bade me speed; And her kiss clings still between my lips Heart's heat and strength at need.

My Lady Greensleeves by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1863; the back of the canvas is inscribed with the above fragment.

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A portrait of Jane Morris with the red hair of Elizabeth Siddal, found unfinished in Dante Gabriel Rossetti's studio at the time of this death.

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Rosalind Frances Howard, Countess of Carlisle, sketched by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1870

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chalk studies for the attendants in dante’s dream by dante gabriel rossetti, 1870

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beatrice (1879) and the salutation of beatrice (1869), painted by dante gabriel rossetti. jane morris is the model for both portraits.

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io sono in pace by dante gabriel rossetti (1875) / paulo e francesica da rimini (1867) by dante gabriel rosseti

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dante’s vision of matilda gathering flowers by dante gabriel rossetti, circa 1855.

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paolo e francesca by giovanni costetti, 1902.

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pre-raphaelite muse, model, and artisan jane morris was born 19 october 1839

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the vampire by philip burne-jones (1897). the model is actress mrs patrick campbell; burne jones was the oldest son of pre-raphaelite painter edward burne-jones.

[neo--queen--serenity]

This photograph looks like it was deliberately mimicking the posing from several of the famous incubus paintings from the gothic romanticism era—pointedly Henry Fuseli’s “The Nightmare”. In those paintings, it’s usually the incubus who’s sitting atop the “helpless victim”—i.e. the person suffering from either sleep paralysis or simple wet dreams (sexual repression being all the rage, at the time).

As Burne-Jones was the son of a pre-rephaelite painter, it’s no surprise that he would turn to the most popular gothic subjects of the past hundred years as inspiration for this piece.

He also brings to our attention another valuable fact, one that shouldn’t be lost on us: that the sex appeal of a vampire was just as alluring then as it is now.

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the vampire by philip burne-jones (1897). the model is actress mrs patrick campbell; burne jones was the oldest son of pre-raphaelite painter edward burne-jones.

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ophelia by alexander cabanel; ophelia by friedrich wilhelm theodor heyser; ophelia by jean baptiste bertrand; detail from ophelia by john everett millais

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detail from the last sleep of arthur in avalon by edward burne-jones (1881-1898) // the sleeping beauty by john collier (1921)

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“symphony in white, no. 1: the white girl” by j.a.m. whistler (1861-62) // “a somnambulist” by john everett millais (1871)

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three studies of fanny eaton, a Black jamaican-born pre-raphaelite muse, by walter fryer stalks (first image) and frederick sandys (images two and three). she sat for numerous artists of the movement, including dg rossetti and simeon solomon, and is perhaps best known for being the sitter for sandys’ morgan le fay.

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“elizabeth siddal having her hair combed”, a study by dante gabriel rossetti circa 1855.