Pre-Raphaelite Society

New Pre-Raphaelite Exhibition Announcement!

At Perth Art Gallery, ‘Millais in Perthshire’, explores the relationship between Millais and Perthshire, Scotland. The exhibition is the result of a long-term loan of a private collection of 300 artworks belonging to the artist and his wife.

Happy World Embroidery Day with some Morris Magic.

1. 🖼️ ‘Poesis’, William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones, C.1880, @ngvmelbourne.bsky.social.

2. 🖼️ ‘Bed-Hangings’, 1917, May Morris, @cranbrookartmuseum.bsky.social

3. 🖼️ ‘The Forest’, tapestry, William Morris, 1887, V&A.

🖼️ ‘Louisa Ruth Herbert’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1858-59.

🖼️ ‘Louisa Ruth Herbert’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1858.

🖼️ ‘Louisa Ruth Herbert’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1858.

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Born Louisa Ruth Maynard, she made her London debut in 1855 at the Strand Theatre. She eventually became the manager of the St James’s Theatre, London, in 1864 for four years, and hired the then little-known Henry Irving as her leading man and assistant stage manager at the theatre.

Today’s Art UK #OnlineArtExchange theme is film and cinema, so we are raising the red velvet curtain on the Victorian actress Louisa Ruth Herbert (1831-1921).

An actress and manager, she was also a model for Dante Gabriel Rossetti and sat for him often between 1858 and 1860.

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🖼️ ‘The English Boy’, Ford Madox Brown, 1860.

🖼️ ‘The White Mayde of Avenel’, Frederick Sandys, 1902.

🖼️ ‘Portrait of a Girl (Sophie Gray)’, John Everett Millais, 1857.

#StaringSaturday, we are staring at you until you submit an abstract for the next round of the Pre-Raphaelite Graduate Network Scheme, to deliver a 20 minute PowerPoint presentation on your current research.

The deadline to submit your abstract is Fri 18 July to PRSgraduatenetwork@gmail.com.

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🖼️ ‘Ophelia’, John William Waterhouse, 1894.

🖼️ ‘The Haunted Wood’, Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal, 1856, Wightwick Manor & Gardens.

🖼️ ‘Gardening (Spring)’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1864.

#ThursdayTrees, Pre-Raphaelite arboreal artworks.

We are celebrating trees as the Woodland Trust describes them as ‘the ultimate multi-taskers in the fight against climate change.’ The UK’s woodlands store one billion tonnes of carbon in trees, dead wood, leaf litter and soil!

🖼️ ‘Influences’, Henry John Stock, 1905.

🖼️ ‘The Red Apple’, Henry John Stock.

🖼️ ‘Fire and the Sea’, Henry John Stock, 1912.

We are adding a new artist to our virtual gallery today - Henry John Stock - who drew inspiration from the Symbolists and the Pre-Raphaelites. Stock celebrated the feats and fancies of the imagination in his art. #TuesdayThoughts …

Magic and Midsummer: celebrating the season of summer today.

1. 🖼️’Midsummer Eve’, Edward Robert Hughes, 1908.

2. 🖼️ ‘Midsummer’s Eve: A Reverence to Roses’, John Henry Lorimer, 1905, National Trust for Scotland.

3. 🖼️ ‘Hermia and Lysander, A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, John Simmons, 1870.

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.

3. 🖼️ I love everything about William Morris, and I love this poem, from The Earthly Paradise. The speaker is almost Morris, who was of course never idle, and this verse tells you the things poetry can’t do-

‘Of Heaven or Hell I have no power to sing,
I cannot ease the burden of your fears, ’

2. 🖼️ Elizabeth Siddall is an endlessly interesting woman. I published an edition of her poems, and was struck by her ability – she was clearly well-read and draws on many influences. One of my favourites is ‘My Lady’s Soul’, in which the model is able to communicate only through her ‘wild eyes’.

Emma Sandys is in my garden, looking at the flowers Not literally, unfortunately.

1. 🖼️ Emma Sandys is overlooked but her work is fascinating; I love her attention to detail and symbolism in her paintings of historical, literary and mythological women. Elaine is a great example; there were two Elaines in Arthurian myth, I think this is Elaine of Corbenic.

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:

Our social media today is being taken over by the wonderful Pre-Raphaelite Society Chair and new Professor of Pre-Raphaelite Studies, Dr. Serena Trowbridge.

She will be sharing more about the society, and why you should become a member, her favourite artworks and new role!

Exciting, New, Online Pre-Raphaelite Society Lecture-

‘WILLIAM BELL SCOTT’S SCREEN: A PRE-RAPHAELITE ROMANCE’

By Dr Emily Learmont

VIA ZOOM ON SATURDAY 5TH JULY 2025 AT 11AM

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#WednesdayWonder with the work of Anna Mary Howitt and a new lecture announcement.

THE LEGACY OF ANNA MARY HOWITT by Alex Round

The Birmingham and Midland Institute, B3 3BS

Saturday 28th June 2025, 11am

THIS IS AN IN PERSON LECTURE

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Who better to share the artwork of today, than John Everett Millais, founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood and a doting father to eight children. Below are his depictions of father figures.

Happy Father’s Day to the dads, papas, stepdads, grandfathers, godfathers, uncles, brothers, cousins, and all the other men that provide nurturing, supportive and guiding roles in our lives. …

Passion Flowers for this #TuesdayThought.

🖼️ ‘Passion Flowers’, Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys.

🖼️ ‘Convent Thoughts’, Charles Allston Collins, 1850-51, Ashmolean Museum.

🖼️ ‘The Passion Flower’, Herbert Arnold Olivier.

#MondayMood

1. First, having difficulty getting out of bed.

🖼️’Thou has left me ever, Jamie,/ Thou has left me ever, Burns’, William Bell Scott.

2. Then taking a mindful moment.

🖼️ ‘The Enchanted Boat’, Walter Crane.

3. And finally, back to work.

🖼️ ‘The Forge of Cupid’, Edward Clifford, 1861.

🖼️ ‘Pandora’, Lawrence Alma Tadema, 1881, Royal Watercolour Society.

🖼️ Detail from study for “The Hours” mural in the House of Representatives Chamber of Pennsylvania, Edwin Austin Abbey, 1897, Yale University Gallery.

🖼️ ‘Hope (If hope were not heart should break)’, Edward Burne-Jones, 1890s.

“Blue! ‘Tis the life of heaven,–the domain
Of Cynthia,–the wide palace of the sun,–
The tent of Hesperus and all his train,–
The bosomer of clouds, gold, grey and dun.
Blue! ‘Tis the life of waters–ocean
And all its vassal streams: pools numberless”.

Extract from John Keats’ 1818 sonnet.

Sky, Sapphire, Cerulean, Cyan, Cobalt, Azure, Navy and Ultramarine - a bonanza of blues for today’s #ShadesofSaturday. …

🖼️ ‘Eve’, Anna Lea Merritt, 1885, private collection.

🖼️ ‘The Expulsion of Adam and Eve’, Arthur Trevethin Nowell, 1897, Walker Art Gallery.