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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 10h

LIVE NOW on our podcast. Welcome to Lizzie Jacklin and Esme Whittaker who tell us about a magnificent new exhibition opening at the Laing Gallery which explores the intermedial relationships between poetry and painting in Pre-Raphaelitism. the-pre-raphaelite-podcast.podbean.com/e/pre-raphae...

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'Pre-Raphaelites: Art and Poetry' at the Laing Gallery | The Pre-Raphaelite Podcast

It is a pleasure to welcome Lizzie Jacklin and Esme Whittaker to the podcast to discuss a fascinating new exhibition opening at the Laing Gallery on October 17th. This exhibition focuses on the interm...

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Salvador Castío @salvadorcastio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Looking forward to this.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

LIVE NOW on our Pre-Raphaelite Podcast! Welcome to Fiona Slattery Clark to discuss her exhibition 'May Morris: Crafting a Legacy' at the Lady Lever Gallery. This exhibition celebrates the many creative works of May Morris. the-pre-raphaelite-podcast.podbean.com/e/may-morris...

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May Morris: Crafting a Legacy | The Pre-Raphaelite Podcast

It is a pleasure to welcome the wonderful Fiona Slattery Clark who is Curator of Decorative Art for National Museums Liverpool. Fiona joins us to discuss her current exhibition 'May Morris: Crafting ...

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

TOMORROW- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail... 🌟DATE: Saturday 19th September 2026 🌟TIME: 11.30am 🌟SPEAKER: Andreane Rellou 🌟VENUE: The Birmingham and Midland Institute 🖼️ TITLE: THE THREE GRACES SHORT FILM AND LECTURE.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Details Of A New In Person Lecture: THE THREE GRACES SHORT FILM AND LECTURE. 🌟DATE: Saturday 19th September 2026 🌟TIME: 11.30am 🌟SPEAKER: Andreane Rellou 🌟VENUE: The Birmingham and Midland Institute www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...

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THE THREE GRACES. | Pre-Raphaelite Soc

This wonderful event will begin with a lecture giving us an insight into Andreane's research into the lives of Maria Spartali Stillman, Maria Zambaco and Aglaia Coronio, followed by a screening of the...

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Deadline fast approaching! Register your interest to present a paper now- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/graduate-net...

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PRS Graduate Network | Pre-Raphaelite Soc

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Kinda chic … the Pre-Raphaelite Society.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Founder’s Day Lecture Speaker: Dr. Carol Jacobi Lecture Title: ‘Pre-Raphaelite! Showing and Telling 1848-2028’ Date: Saturday 10th October 2026 Time: AGM - 10.30 am Founder’s Day Lecture: 11.45am Venue: The Birmingham and Midland Institute www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...

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AGM and Founder's Day Lecture | Pre-Raphaelite Soc

Annual General Meeting followed by our Founder's Day Lecture to be delivered by Dr. Carol Jacobi

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

All the summer hats by Julia Margaret Cameron for #thursdayvibes. The first entitled ‘For I’m to be the Queen of May Mother’, the second ‘Summer Days’ and the third ‘Ophelia Study No 2’.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

New Talk: FORESTS OF A FUTURE PAST IN WILLIAM MORRIS’S ‘NEWS FROM NOWHERE’ Dr. Dion Dobrzynski 11am, Saturday 13th June ONLINE VIA ZOOM. This talk explores Morris’ vision of a forested London as a challenge to industrial capitalism. Tickets: www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

🖼️ ‘A Mermaid’, John William Waterhouse, 1900, Royal Academy Of Art, London. 🖼️ ‘The Mermaid’, Edward Burne-Jones, 1882, Tate. 🖼️ ‘The Sea Maidens’, Evelyn De Morgan, De Morgan Foundation.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Escaping the heat by imagining we are mermaids #hotsummer. ‘I would be a mermaid fair; I would sing to myself the whole of the day;’ Extract from ‘The Mermaid’, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1830. …

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

New Talk Alert! ‘Artists in Wonderland: Pre-Raphaelite Adventures in Oxford’ 11.30am, Sat 30 May This is an in person talk at Birmingham & Midland Institute Book here- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail... A fascinating lecture exploring the Pre-Raphaelites association with Oxford.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The heady scent of Bluebells is wafting across the UK this week. To celebrate are Pre-Raphaelite depictions of these purple perfumed presents. 🖼️ ‘Bluebells’, Lawrence Alma Tadema. 🖼️ ‘The Woodmans Child’, Arthur Hughes, 1860, Tate. 🖼️ ‘The Fairy Wood’, Henry Meynell Rheam, 1903.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

It’s on display till Mid-November with other props, an easel, writing desk, furniture and ceramics that belonged to Dante Gabriel Rossetti in the Oak Room at Wightwick Manor.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

When the contents of Rossetti’s 16 Cheyne Walk were dispersed, it was acquired by his former assistant, Charles Fairfax Murray. For some years Murray kept it at The Grange, Burne-Jones’s former home in Fulham in which he housed his extensive collections. …

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

With elaborate wings, and a figure brandishing a flag on top of the water dispenser, figures and a double headed eagle decorate the base of the water tray. …

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Gabriel saw this copper and brass water-cistern in the collection of his friend the interior decorator Murray Marks. Enamoured with the antique, he acquired it and took great inspiration from it. …

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

A Rossetti painting prop for #WorldArtDay. In our previous post we shared Rossetti’s painting ‘Washing Hands’, one of a number of artworks from the 1850s and later that features this cistern, now on display at Wightwick Manor in their current exhibition ‘The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses’. …

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Happy #WorldArtDay with the story of a Dante Gabriel Rossetti pouring prop …. A story to be continued later today … 🖼️ ‘Washing Hands’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1865.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Happy Easter Sunday with some hopping hares and rambunctious rabbits to celebrate. 🖼️ ‘Rabbit amid Ferns and Flowering Plants’, William J Webbe, 1855, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 🖼️ ‘The White Rabbit’, John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, c.1871. 🖼️ ‘The Hare’, Phillip Webb, 1886, Wightwick Manor.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The Lamb of God, three Pre-Raphaelite depictions of flocks of sheep for this #GoodFriday. 🖼️ ‘The Pretty Baa-Lambs’, Ford Madox Brown, c.1851, BMAG. 🖼️ ‘Our English Coasts’, William Holman Hunt, 1852, Tate. 🖼️ ‘The Hireling Shepherd’, William Holman Hunt, 1851-2, Manchester Art Gallery.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

A reminder that our chair is giving a lecture later today - which you can see in person or watch online. ‘Why Does Pre-Raphaelitism Matter Now?’ Professor Serena Trowbridge’s Inaugural Lecture. 18:00 – 20:00, 20 March Birmingham & Midland Institute www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

A reminder for today- ‘Remarkable Woman: Pragmatic Feminism in May Morris’s Plays.’ 19:30 – 21:30, Wed 18 March Zoom Lecture Lecture by Professor Serena Trowbridge in collaboration with @williammorrissocuk.bsky.social www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...

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A Remarkable Woman: Pragmatic Feminism in May Morris's Plays. | Pre-Raphaelite Soc

Lecture to be presented by Professor Serena Trowbridge in collaboration with The William Morris Society as part of Morris Month.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🖼️ ‘With Goodly Greenish Locks’, an illustration for ‘Prothalamion’ by Edmund Spenser. In ‘The Book of Old English Songs and Ballads’, 1920. 🖼️ ‘The Little Foot Page’, Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, 1905, Walker Art Gallery. 🖼️ ‘Joan of Arc’, Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with a trio of green goddesses created by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

‘The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses’ exhibition at Wightwick Manor is open. A story of the extraordinary talent of one family, four siblings: Gabriel, Christina, William and Maria, and two spouses: Elizabeth Siddal and Lucy Madox Brown. It extends to eight rooms and features newly acquired works.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

LIVE NOW a new episode of our Pre-Raphaelite podcast for #MorrisMonth! To celebrate we are excited to welcome Gabriella Esser and Vanessa Manson from The William Morris Society to share the life and legacies of Morris. They tell us about a busy March filled with activities many of which are online.

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Dinah Roe @preraphsrule.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Just LOOK at this gorgeous fore-edge painting from Gaetano Polidori's 1919 'Traduzione del lament di Tasso di Lord Byron'. @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social 😍

Fore-edge painting depicting a view of Venice (gondolas, lovely architecture, a colourful gold, red and yellow sky with clouds)

Fore-edge painting depicting a view of Venice (gondolas, lovely architecture, a colourful gold, red and yellow sky with clouds). Seller's hands holding the book to display the picture are in the image.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Thanks to everyone that came to our in person February lecture at Birmingham & Midland Institute, delivered by Helen Bratt-Wyton and Hannah Squire, co-curators of ‘The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses’ exhibition opening at Wightwick Manor & Gardens, Saturday 7th March 2026.

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Dinah Roe @preraphsrule.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Highly recommend! Am really looking forward to this exhibition. 😍

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

It’s a portrait of Christina by Dante, recently acquired for the collection at Wightwick.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Female rage today courtesy of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s depictions of Joan of Arc. #ThursdayThoughts

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Upcoming Talk! 11.30am, Saturday 7th February at the Birmingham and Midland Institute. An in person talk by curators Helen Bratt-Wyton and Hannah Squire to discuss their upcoming exhibition ‘The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses’ at Wightwick Manor. www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Sharing images of the legendary Ancient Greek poet and LGBTQ+ hero, Sappho, to remind everyone our poetry competition ends soon, 1 February 2026. If you’d like the chance to have your work published in the Pre-Raphaelite Society Magazine click here- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/competitions/

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

1. 🖼️ Isabella and the Pot of Basil’, William Holman Hunt, 1867. 2. 🖼️ ‘Isabella and the Pot of Basil’, George Henry Grenville Manton, 1919. 3. 🖼️’Isabella and the Pot of Basil’, John William Waterhouse, 1907.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

When you wish they’d just add a bit of seasoning to their food- basil anyone? #TastyThursday (The subject is actually taken from a poem called ‘Isabella’ by John Keats and is about lost love and grief.)

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Flocking to the Fireplace this #FreezingFriday in the UK. 🖼️ ‘At Home: A Portrait’, Walter Crane, 1872, Leeds Art Gallery. 🖼️ ‘Sister Helen’, Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal, Wightwick Manor. 🖼️ ‘Symphony in White, No. 2: The Little White Girl’, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1864, Tate.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Reflections today. We want to reflect that the Pre-Raphaelite Society is an independent charity, it’s volunteer-run, and we don’t have the capacity to answer general PRB questions, or check the sheer volume of direct messages we receive on our social media. Please contact us via our website.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Verdant visions with Rossetti’s ‘The Salutation of Beatrice’ (1869)’, ‘My Lady Greensleeves’ (1863) and ‘Il Ramoscello’ (The Twig) (1865) for this week’s #WednesdayWonder. For more content and to join our community, become a member of the society by clicking the link in our bio.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

In the 1890s, Caleb gave Minna her first camera. Recognising the commercial potential of her photographs, Keene registered her studies for copyright in 1903. She worked in South Africa and England and gained recognition producing portraits, landscapes, nature studies, and scenes of everyday life.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Born in 1861 in Germany, Keene (née Bergmann) (1861-1943) she moved to England around the late 1870s or early 1880s, where she worked as a governess and met her husband, artist and decorator Caleb Keene.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Light, Camera, Action: Light displays are an important part of New Year celebrations the world over, so we are celebrating today with Pre-Raphaelite Photography by Minna Keene. 1. 🖼️ ‘Pomegranates’, c.1910. 2. 🖼️ ‘Woman with flowers (Violet)’, circa 1910. 3. 🖼️ ‘Fenn Lancaster’.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

🖼️ ‘A Christmas Carol’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1857-8, Fogg Art Museum. 🖼️ ‘A Christmas Carol’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1867. 🖼️ ‘The Blue Closet’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1857, @tate.bsky.social.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

A Merry Musical Rossetti Christmas. We hope you liked our 2025 #ArtistAdventCalendar. We are taking a break from social media till the new year. See you in 2026, when we will have more lectures, events, podcast episodes, journal articles and magazines, and more social media content, of course.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Day twenty four of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, and to celebrate all the hard work he will be doing later today,‘Old Father Christmas’, by Scottish artist, William Ewart Lockhart (1846–1900), in the collection of The Hunterian, University of Glasgow @hunterianmuseum.bsky.social

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