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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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preraphaelist · 2 years

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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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preraphaelist · 4 years

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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.

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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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preraphaelist · 4 years

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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.

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thank you for your comments! i hope you don’t mind if i correct some points, as some of this information is more myth than fact.

elizabeth siddal was never “lent out” by rossetti. she was entirely in charge of who she sat for. when she modelled for millais, she was not in a relationship with rossetti. their relationship began after the ophelia incident. she did not sit again in a professional capacity after ophelia because of her ill health and because she desired to be an artist rather than a model. she was exceptionally talented and became rossetti’s student. pre-eminent art critic john ruskin was her patron for a period of time.

the bathtub in millais’ studio was lit by oil lamps which went out: millais was obsessive, and siddal feared to disturb him, so she allowed the water to go cold.

it is unknown how serious the sickness she developed after this incident actually was: we do know it was not acute and likely not hypothermia, as the doctor’s bill- which the siddals had millais pay- was not high enough to suggest a prolonged serious illness. scholars are ultimately unsure whether siddal’s later ill health was the aftereffects of the bathtub incident, tuberculosis, an intestine disorder, a psychosomatic illness in response to the infidelities of her lover/mentor rossetti (he had multiple affairs during their relationship), anorexia nervosa, or something else entirely.

she was not prescribed opium in response to the bathtub incident, but several years later because of her poor health. prior to and during her addiction, she was prolific artist and poet in her own right, but her illness became so severe after 1860- in coincidence with her marriage to rossetti- that she ceased working.

her death was a suicide induced by purposeful overdose of laudanum. again, the cause of her suicide is unknown, as the note she left was burned by rossetti to protect her reputation. it is believed she suffered from severe depression, likely exacerbated by ill health and rossetti’s behaviour.

there is no real evidence whatsoever she was preserved in her coffin. rossetti himself was not present at the exhumation, instead choosing to send a close friend, charles howell, who reported and purported the legend of her preservation. it is believed he reported this in an effort to soothe rossetti’s guilt over siddal’s suicide, for which he felt responsible.

hidden details in millais’ ophelia:

a robin perched on a branch in the upper right hand corner.

a mist of cobweb above the sitter’s feet ominously remminiscent of a skull.

dead reeds rotting in the water. the backdrop was in 1851 from june until november, in ewell, surrey.

a garland of violets around the neck of ophelia, modelled by elizabeth siddal.

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