![]() ![]() That he loved her at some points is not in doubt but Marsh suggests that he had tired of her and moved on before she managed to eventually pin him down to marriage. She produced art in her own right and as the years go on is being recognised more for her own pictures, painting and poetry than her role as a bit of romantic interest in the story of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.īut with the details of her life still reasonable sparse Siddal has become a figure used and abused by others to make a point about class and the battle of the sexes as well as by some as an almost legendary whimsical Yoko Ono type figure with Rossetti filling the part of John Lennon. Most of the time a biography will tell you who a person was charting their life from cradle to grave, or in the case of Jordan from one year to the next, but what Jan Marsh has done with this book is that and more.Įlizabeth Siddal was a young woman with striking red hair who was spotted by one of the group of artists known as the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and used as a model by a few of them before settling down to become the love interest and eventually wife of Gabriel Rossetti. Of her 'true self' only her paintings, drawings and poetry survive, and these do not admit of simple biographical analysis." ![]() ![]() "The known facts about Elizabeth's Siddal's life are few knowledge of her personality, opinions and emotions is even scantier. ![]()
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