Rita Cameron weaves historical figures and vivid details into a complex, unconventional love story, giving voice to one of the most influential yet overlooked figures of a fascinating era-a woman who is both artist and inspiration, long gazed upon, but until now, never fully seenĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 13:09:09 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA40363901 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
But while Lizzie strives to establish herself as a painter and poet in her own right, betrayal, illness, and addiction leave her struggling to save her marriage and her sense of self. The passionate visions Rossetti creates on canvas are echoed in their intense affair. Lizzie begins to sit for some of the most celebrated members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, posing for John Everett Millais as Shakespeare's Ophelia, for William Holman Hunt-and especially for Rossetti, who immortalizes her in countless paintings as his namesake's beloved Beatrice. Enchanted both by her ethereal appearance and her artistic ambitions-quite out of place for a shop girl-Rossetti draws her into his glittering world of salons and bohemian soirees.
Working in a London milliner's shop, Lizzie stitches elegant bonnets destined for wealthier young women, until a chance meeting brings her to the attention of painter and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
With her pale, luminous skin and cloud of copper-colored hair, nineteen-year-old Lizzie Siddal looks nothing like the rosy-cheeked ideal of Victorian beauty.
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