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Item Details
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LIZZIE SIDDAL
THE TRAGEDY OF A PRE-RAPHAELITE SUPERMODEL |
| By: |
Lucinda Hawksley |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£14.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0233002588 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780233002583 |
| Publisher: |
CARLTON BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
6 October, 2008 |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
Saved from the drudgery of a working-class existence by an astute young Pre-Raphaelite artist, Lizzie Siddal rose to become one of the most famous faces in Victorian Britain, until tragically ending her young life in 1862. This biography takes Lizzie from the background of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's life and brings her to the forefront of her own. |
| Synopsis: |
The supermodel did not arrive when Twiggy first donned false eyelashes; the concept began more than one hundred years previously, with a stunning young artists' model whose face captivated a generation. Saved from the drudgery of a working-class existence by an astute young Pre-Raphaelite artist, Lizzie Siddal rose to become one of the most famous faces in Victorian Britain and a pivotal figure of London's artistic world, until tragically ending her young life in a laudanum-soaked suicide in 1862. In the twenty-first century, even those who do not know her name always recognise her face: she is Millais' doomed Ophelia and Rossetti's beatified Beatrice. Her image haunts the viewer and has become the globally recognised incarnation of Pre-Raphaelitism. This colourful and emotionally-charged biography takes Lizzie from the background of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's life and, finally, brings her to the forefront of her own. |
| Illustrations: |
16pp full-colour illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Andre Deutsch Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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