Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal

1829–1862

Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal, ‘Sir Patrick Spens’ 1856
Sir Patrick Spens 1856
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Biography

Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall (25 July 1829 – 11 February 1862), styled and commonly known as Elizabeth Siddal, was an English artist, poet, and artists' model. Siddall was an important and influential artist and poet. Significant collections of her artworks can be found at Wightwick Manor and the Ashmolean. Siddall was painted and drawn extensively by artists of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, including Walter Deverell, William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais (including his notable 1852 painting Ophelia), and her husband, Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

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Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal, ‘Sir Patrick Spens’ 1856

Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal Sir Patrick Spens

1856
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Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal, ‘Lady Affixing Pennant to a Knight’s Spear’ c.1856

Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal Lady Affixing Pennant to a Knight’s Spear

c.1856
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Artist as subject

Sir John Everett Millais, Bt, ‘Ophelia’ 1851–2

Sir John Everett Millais, Bt Ophelia

1851–2
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti, ‘Beata Beatrix’ c.1864–70

Dante Gabriel Rossetti Beata Beatrix

c.1864–70
On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art N01279
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, ‘Dantis Amor’ 1860

Dante Gabriel Rossetti Dantis Amor

1860
On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art N03532
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, ‘The Tune of the Seven Towers’ 1857

Dante Gabriel Rossetti The Tune of the Seven Towers

1857
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti, ‘St George and Princess Sabra’ 1862

Dante Gabriel Rossetti St George and Princess Sabra

1862
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti, ‘The Passover in the Holy Family’ 1856

Dante Gabriel Rossetti The Passover in the Holy Family

1856
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti Elizabeth Siddall in a Chair

date not known
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti, ‘St Catherine’ 1857

Dante Gabriel Rossetti St Catherine

1857
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Sir Max Beerbohm, ‘Miss Cornforth: ‘Oh, very pleased to meet Mr Ruskin, I’m sure’’ 1916

Sir Max Beerbohm Miss Cornforth: ‘Oh, very pleased to meet Mr Ruskin, I’m sure’

1916
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