Pre-Raphaelite Society

LIVE NOW, a new episode of our podcast- A huge welcome to the singer-songwriter Paris Paloma who takes us on a tour of her creative inspirations which are rooted in art, literature, history and myth. the-pre-raphaelite-podcast.podbean.com/e/paris-palo...

A new episode of the Pre-Raphaelite podcast has just gone live- the-pre-raphaelite-podcast.podbean.com/e/the-rosset... ‘The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses’ exhibition ends at Wightwick Manor on Monday 9th November- so visit while you still can.

Paintings of muse and model Fanny Eaton (nee Entwhistle, 1835–1924), to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth in the UK. Born in Jamaica, Fanny came to London when she was very young, the daughter of Matilda Foster, a woman of African heritage who was formerly enslaved in the British Colony. …

Before becoming a muse for the PRB she worked as a domestic servant. She later married James Eaton, a horse-cab proprietor and driver, with whom she had 10 children. She modelled at the Royal Academy, and was a muse to many of the PRB including Rossetti, and Solomon siblings- Rebecca and Simeon. …

🖼️‘A Young Teacher’, by Rebecca Solomon, 1861, Tate and Museum of the Home. 🖼️ ‘The Mother of Moses’ by Simeon Solomon, 1860, Delaware Art Museum. 🖼️ ‘The Mother of Sisera ‘, 1861, by Albert Joseph Moore (1841–1893), Tullie, Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery Trust.

Celebrating craftswoman, embroiderer, designer, pioneer of artistic dress, model, wife and mother - Jane Morris, who was born on this day in 1839. Three depictions of her, first by her husband, William Morris, then her friend, Evelyn De Morgan, and lastly by her lover, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. …

🖼️ ‘La Belle Iseult’, William Morris, 1858, Tate. 🖼️ ‘The Hourglass’, Evelyn De Morgan, 1904-5, De Morgan Foundation. 🖼️ ‘Mariana’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1870, Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums.

the-pre-raphaelite-podcast.podbean.com'Pre-Raphaelites: Art and Poetry' at the Laing Gallery | The Pre-Raphaelite PodcastIt is a pleasure to welcome Lizzie Jacklin and Esme Whittaker to the podcast to discuss a fascinating new exhibition opening at the Laing Gallery on October 17th. This exhibition focuses on the interm...

LIVE NOW on our podcast. Welcome to Lizzie Jacklin and Esme Whittaker who tell us about a magnificent new exhibition opening at the Laing Gallery which explores the intermedial relationships between poetry and painting in Pre-Raphaelitism. the-pre-raphaelite-podcast.podbean.com/e/pre-raphae...

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Looking forward to this.

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LIVE NOW on our Pre-Raphaelite Podcast! Welcome to Fiona Slattery Clark to discuss her exhibition 'May Morris: Crafting a Legacy' at the Lady Lever Gallery. This exhibition celebrates the many creative works of May Morris. the-pre-raphaelite-podcast.podbean.com/e/may-morris...

the-pre-raphaelite-podcast.podbean.comMay Morris: Crafting a Legacy | The Pre-Raphaelite PodcastIt is a pleasure to welcome the wonderful Fiona Slattery Clark who is Curator of Decorative Art for National Museums Liverpool. Fiona joins us to discuss her current exhibition 'May Morris: Crafting ...

gofundme.comDonate to Marie Spartali Stillman, organized by david parsonsMarie Spartali was an eminent pre-Raphaelite artist. She married the American polymath William… david parsons needs your support for Marie Spartali Stillman

A campaign to fundraise to have Pre-Raph artist Marie Spartali Stillman’s headstone conserved in time for the centenary of her death next year- www.gofundme.com/f/marie-spartali-stillman/

18 Sept

TOMORROW- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail... 🌟DATE: Saturday 19th September 2026 🌟TIME: 11.30am 🌟SPEAKER: Andreane Rellou 🌟VENUE: The Birmingham and Midland Institute 🖼️ TITLE: THE THREE GRACES SHORT FILM AND LECTURE.

pre-raphaelitesociety.orgTHE THREE GRACES. | Pre-Raphaelite SocThis wonderful event will begin with a lecture giving us an insight into Andreane's research into the lives of Maria Spartali Stillman, Maria Zambaco and Aglaia Coronio, followed by a screening of the...

10 Sept

Details Of A New In Person Lecture: THE THREE GRACES SHORT FILM AND LECTURE. 🌟DATE: Saturday 19th September 2026 🌟TIME: 11.30am 🌟SPEAKER: Andreane Rellou 🌟VENUE: The Birmingham and Midland Institute www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...

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29 Aug

Deadline fast approaching! Register your interest to present a paper now- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/graduate-net...

21 Aug

Kinda chic … the Pre-Raphaelite Society.

pre-raphaelitesociety.orgAGM and Founder's Day Lecture | Pre-Raphaelite SocAnnual General Meeting followed by our Founder's Day Lecture to be delivered by Dr. Carol Jacobi

15 Aug

Founder’s Day Lecture Speaker: Dr. Carol Jacobi Lecture Title: ‘Pre-Raphaelite! Showing and Telling 1848-2028’ Date: Saturday 10th October 2026 Time: AGM - 10.30 am Founder’s Day Lecture: 11.45am Venue: The Birmingham and Midland Institute www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...

2 July

All the summer hats by Julia Margaret Cameron for #thursdayvibes. The first entitled ‘For I’m to be the Queen of May Mother’, the second ‘Summer Days’ and the third ‘Ophelia Study No 2’.

11 June

New Talk: FORESTS OF A FUTURE PAST IN WILLIAM MORRIS’S ‘NEWS FROM NOWHERE’ Dr. Dion Dobrzynski 11am, Saturday 13th June ONLINE VIA ZOOM. This talk explores Morris’ vision of a forested London as a challenge to industrial capitalism. Tickets: www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...

29 May

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🖼️ ‘A Mermaid’, John William Waterhouse, 1900, Royal Academy Of Art, London. 🖼️ ‘The Mermaid’, Edward Burne-Jones, 1882, Tate. 🖼️ ‘The Sea Maidens’, Evelyn De Morgan, De Morgan Foundation.

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23 May

A free conference in London on Monday - www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tat...

16 May

New Talk Alert! ‘Artists in Wonderland: Pre-Raphaelite Adventures in Oxford’ 11.30am, Sat 30 May This is an in person talk at Birmingham & Midland Institute Book here- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail... A fascinating lecture exploring the Pre-Raphaelites association with Oxford.

28 Apr

The heady scent of Bluebells is wafting across the UK this week. To celebrate are Pre-Raphaelite depictions of these purple perfumed presents. 🖼️ ‘Bluebells’, Lawrence Alma Tadema. 🖼️ ‘The Woodmans Child’, Arthur Hughes, 1860, Tate. 🖼️ ‘The Fairy Wood’, Henry Meynell Rheam, 1903.

A Rossetti painting prop for #WorldArtDay. In our previous post we shared Rossetti’s painting ‘Washing Hands’, one of a number of artworks from the 1850s and later that features this cistern, now on display at Wightwick Manor in their current exhibition ‘The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses’. …

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When the contents of Rossetti’s 16 Cheyne Walk were dispersed, it was acquired by his former assistant, Charles Fairfax Murray. For some years Murray kept it at The Grange, Burne-Jones’s former home in Fulham in which he housed his extensive collections. …

It’s on display till Mid-November with other props, an easel, writing desk, furniture and ceramics that belonged to Dante Gabriel Rossetti in the Oak Room at Wightwick Manor.

Gabriel saw this copper and brass water-cistern in the collection of his friend the interior decorator Murray Marks. Enamoured with the antique, he acquired it and took great inspiration from it. …

With elaborate wings, and a figure brandishing a flag on top of the water dispenser, figures and a double headed eagle decorate the base of the water tray. …

Happy #WorldArtDay with the story of a Dante Gabriel Rossetti pouring prop …. A story to be continued later today … 🖼️ ‘Washing Hands’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1865.

5 Apr

Happy Easter Sunday with some hopping hares and rambunctious rabbits to celebrate. 🖼️ ‘Rabbit amid Ferns and Flowering Plants’, William J Webbe, 1855, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 🖼️ ‘The White Rabbit’, John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, c.1871. 🖼️ ‘The Hare’, Phillip Webb, 1886, Wightwick Manor.

3 Apr

The Lamb of God, three Pre-Raphaelite depictions of flocks of sheep for this #GoodFriday. 🖼️ ‘The Pretty Baa-Lambs’, Ford Madox Brown, c.1851, BMAG. 🖼️ ‘Our English Coasts’, William Holman Hunt, 1852, Tate. 🖼️ ‘The Hireling Shepherd’, William Holman Hunt, 1851-2, Manchester Art Gallery.

20 Mar

A reminder that our chair is giving a lecture later today - which you can see in person or watch online. ‘Why Does Pre-Raphaelitism Matter Now?’ Professor Serena Trowbridge’s Inaugural Lecture. 18:00 – 20:00, 20 March Birmingham & Midland Institute www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...

pre-raphaelitesociety.orgA Remarkable Woman: Pragmatic Feminism in May Morris's Plays. | Pre-Raphaelite SocLecture to be presented by Professor Serena Trowbridge in collaboration with The William Morris Society as part of Morris Month.

18 Mar

A reminder for today- ‘Remarkable Woman: Pragmatic Feminism in May Morris’s Plays.’ 19:30 – 21:30, Wed 18 March Zoom Lecture Lecture by Professor Serena Trowbridge in collaboration with @williammorrissocuk.bsky.social www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...

17 Mar

Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with a trio of green goddesses created by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.

17 Mar

🖼️ ‘With Goodly Greenish Locks’, an illustration for ‘Prothalamion’ by Edmund Spenser. In ‘The Book of Old English Songs and Ballads’, 1920. 🖼️ ‘The Little Foot Page’, Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, 1905, Walker Art Gallery. 🖼️ ‘Joan of Arc’, Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.

12 Mar

‘The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses’ exhibition at Wightwick Manor is open. A story of the extraordinary talent of one family, four siblings: Gabriel, Christina, William and Maria, and two spouses: Elizabeth Siddal and Lucy Madox Brown. It extends to eight rooms and features newly acquired works.

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1 Mar

LIVE NOW a new episode of our Pre-Raphaelite podcast for #MorrisMonth! To celebrate we are excited to welcome Gabriella Esser and Vanessa Manson from The William Morris Society to share the life and legacies of Morris. They tell us about a busy March filled with activities many of which are online.

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23 Feb

Just LOOK at this gorgeous fore-edge painting from Gaetano Polidori's 1919 'Traduzione del lament di Tasso di Lord Byron'. @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social 😍

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10 Feb

Thanks to everyone that came to our in person February lecture at Birmingham & Midland Institute, delivered by Helen Bratt-Wyton and Hannah Squire, co-curators of ‘The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses’ exhibition opening at Wightwick Manor & Gardens, Saturday 7th March 2026.

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30 Jan

Highly recommend! Am really looking forward to this exhibition. 😍

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Upcoming Talk! 11.30am, Saturday 7th February at the Birmingham and Midland Institute. An in person talk by curators Helen Bratt-Wyton and Hannah Squire to discuss their upcoming exhibition ‘The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses’ at Wightwick Manor. www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...

5 Feb

Female rage today courtesy of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s depictions of Joan of Arc. #ThursdayThoughts

30 Jan

28 Jan

Sharing images of the legendary Ancient Greek poet and LGBTQ+ hero, Sappho, to remind everyone our poetry competition ends soon, 1 February 2026. If you’d like the chance to have your work published in the Pre-Raphaelite Society Magazine click here- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/competitions/

15 Jan

When you wish they’d just add a bit of seasoning to their food- basil anyone? #TastyThursday (The subject is actually taken from a poem called ‘Isabella’ by John Keats and is about lost love and grief.)

15 Jan

1. 🖼️ Isabella and the Pot of Basil’, William Holman Hunt, 1867. 2. 🖼️ ‘Isabella and the Pot of Basil’, George Henry Grenville Manton, 1919. 3. 🖼️’Isabella and the Pot of Basil’, John William Waterhouse, 1907.

9 Jan

Flocking to the Fireplace this #FreezingFriday in the UK. 🖼️ ‘At Home: A Portrait’, Walter Crane, 1872, Leeds Art Gallery. 🖼️ ‘Sister Helen’, Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal, Wightwick Manor. 🖼️ ‘Symphony in White, No. 2: The Little White Girl’, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1864, Tate.

8 Jan

Reflections today. We want to reflect that the Pre-Raphaelite Society is an independent charity, it’s volunteer-run, and we don’t have the capacity to answer general PRB questions, or check the sheer volume of direct messages we receive on our social media. Please contact us via our website.