He feeds upon her face by day and night, And she with true kind eyes looks back on him, Fair as the moon and joyful as the light: Not wan with waiting, not with sorrow dim; Not as she is, but was when hope shone bright; Not as she is, but as she fills his dream. Christina Rossetti As long as I can remember I’ve had a love for all things Victorian—particularly Pre-Raphelite. I love this group of men and women that connected the ties between humanity and nature. Both are wild and uncertain. Christina Rossetti is my favorite of this group, but Elizabeth Siddal is growing on me. You may know her more notably as the model for John Everett Millais’s Ophelia. The sadder truth of this was she was more than a beautiful face or the tragic wife of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Christina Rossetti’s brother. She was a talented artist and poet in her own right. Image 1: captured by @tiffanyrankin_art Image 2: John Everett Millais’s Ophelia Image 3: Christina and Dante Gabriel Rossetti Image 4: Elizabeth Siddal’s self-portrait #tiffanyrankinatx #prerapheliteart #elizabethsiddalrossetti #christinarossetti #victorianart #bookstagramusa (at Round Rock, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSpvqy1F1IW/?utm_medium=tumblr