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The best bit is how Rossetti is roughly the same size and shape as the wombat, emphasising the wombat's humanity and/or the artist's wombatity. A tale as old as wombats.

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‘Looks so sizzling they could fry an egg!’ How the BBC’s Pride and Prejudice adaptation changed my life The 1995 adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic, starring Colin Firth, has its own fan group, has inspired university courses and was even featured in the Barbie movie. What’s behind its enduring appeal?

‘Looks so sizzling they could fry an egg!’ How the BBC’s Pride and Prejudice adaptation changed my life

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It's been an Amazing week. After months of patiently waiting, I can finally reveal that I am the subject of a five-page article, In An Artist's Studio, in the new issue of the Pre-Raphaelite Society's PRS Review. My sincere thanks to @zzaman.bsky.social and @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social. #art

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Painting's subject dramatizes a sonnet by Dante, in which three medieval poets and their unrequited loves are harmoniously reconciled. Here the lovers effortlessly overcome the barriers that kept them separate. An impossible dream come to life.

Cover art 🖼️: D.G. Rossetti, The Boat of Love (1881) Oil on Canvas. © Birmingham Art Gallery. Fabric: Silk Chiffon, Circa 1980s.

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The PRS magazine and newsletter nestled in cascades of red and gold embroidered fabric.

Cloaked in cascading bronze chiffon, the Summer Issue of the PRS Review/PRSUS Newsletter is out now! Crammed with essays that’ll whisk you away to 13thC Florence and marvels closer to home, astonishing art, poetry, architecture, book & exhibition reviews, opinion pieces and more! 💎

PRS Review. Front cover shows DG Rossetti's 1881 painting 'The Boat of Love': gold/grey colours, figures (including an angel) on a wooden ship.

On the lefthand page, the text of my poem 'Dismantling De Morgan', obscured by overlaid images of autumn leaves. On righthand page, my photograph of Evelyn De Morgan's painting 'The Hourglass': a seated female figure in flowing orange robes, her right hand reaching for an hourglass on an elaborately-carved low table.

Thrilled to receive the summer edition of preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social PRS Review, and to see my new poem given such wonderful treatment. Being Poet-in-Residence to the PRS is an extraordinary honour. I'm sharing an obscured image here... no spoilers! 🧡🍂💛

Vision and Beauty: Part 1 – Salvador Castío A Vision of Beauty: Discovering The Pre-Raphaelites I had no idea I was stepping onto a forty-year path when I bought my copy of the illustration monograph The Studio at sixteen. That oversized tome f...

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A person in dark clothing walks down a dim, graffiti-lined alley. The sky is overcast, creating a somber mood. Quote overlay about Elizabeth Siddal's poetry.

A cozy scene with a cup of coffee on a wooden table surrounded by poetry books, handwritten letters, twine, and a pen, evoking a vintage, thoughtful ambiance.

Happy 196th birthday to Elizabeth Siddal. Her poetry was never published in her lifetime. Our edition of it is in bookstores on the 29th but pre-ordering everywhere now and also at ElizabethSiddal.com

Hi I’m Dr. Serena Trowbridge and for my final social media takeover post today, I wanted to share about an exciting new role, and the first of its kind- Professor of Pre-Raphaelite Studies- and how inspired I am by the current diversity of research and scholars involved in the field.

Hi I’m Dr. Serena Trowbridge, Chair of the Pre-Raphaelite Society and I’m taking over our social media today. I’ve been asked to share a few of my favourite Pre-Raphaelite artworks and current research interests:

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William Morris giving you leaves and flowers like a boss!

Bluesky isn’t about popularity, it’s about gathering all 17 William Morris lovers together in a single online location!

I'm giddy and overjoyed to have won 1st prize in the Kathryn Bevis Memorial Prize. It was a privilege to be included on a shortlist packed with incredible writers, and I hope I get to read all of those poems at some point. Sincere thanks to the judges, I'm feeling very grateful.

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Brontë country to become protected national nature reserve The 1,274-hectare Bradford Pennine Gateway links eight nature sites and includes landscape that inspired sisters

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A flourishing of foxgloves for Friday.

‘The foxglove bells, with lolling tongue,
Will not reveal what peals were rung
In Faery, in Faery,
A thousand ages gone.’

Mary Webb

Can you spot all the foxgloves in these three artworks?

New Lecture Alert! Saturday 17th May, Birmingham, UK. For more details and to buy tickets- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...

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Painting’s subject is taken from the Gospel of John 1.5. Evelyn’s Christlike figure is a woman wearing a golden gown & radiating light, dispelling the darkness like a living flame. A source of goodness and hope, she stands as a reminder that even in the darkest times Hope cannot be extinguished.

Cover art: 🖼️ Evelyn de Morgan, Lux in Tenebris (1895) Oil on Canvas.©️ De Morgan Foundation. Fabric: Silk scarf, Biba, date unknown.

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Cover image of the PRS Review. Central figure is a woman wearing a golden gown & radiating divine light who descends from on high and dispels the darkness of the earth that surrounds her like a living flame.

Got that Spring Glow? Swishing around in Silk, I’m delighted to announce this season’s PRS Review! We feature incredible essays, poems and reviews, exquisite art and 19thC stained-glass windows that will take your breath away!

Happy Mother’s Day to the moms, mums, mamas, stepmoms, aunts, grandmas, great grandmothers, guardians, godparents, cousins and all the women in our lives that raised us and continue to offer their support, love and guidance.

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