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Zaynub Zaman @zzaman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Extended deadline! 🚨📢The PRS Review invites contributions for a special issue on Pre‑Raphaelite Networks: the artistic, social, transnational, and digital connections that shaped the movement and continue to inspire creators today.

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Emma Merkling @emmamerkling.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Calling all art historian sleuths! My friend saw this painting at a hotel in Wales and can't figure out anything about it. The hotel doesn't know where it came from. Any ideas how we could identify it? The style is a bit bizarre to me; looks like c20 'does' Dutch golden age but I could be wrong.

Photo of a painting in a hotel. The painting shows a still life scene of a model ship, a book, some apples, a leaf. In the background is another ship (unclear if a framed painting, or a view through a window). Looks like oil painting, mannered style.

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Zaynub Zaman @zzaman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Crumped in cotton, the Summer Issue of the PRS Review/PRSUS Newsletter is out now! With captivating essays, poems, art and reviews, discover Alessandro di Marco, May Cooksey and two plays by May Morris performed for the first time this Summer!

Magazine nestled in bright blue patterned fabric.

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Dinah Roe @preraphsrule.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

War in the world abroad a thousand leagues away, While custom’s wheel goes round & day devoureth day. Peace at home!—what peace, while the rich man's mill is strife, And the poor is the grist that he grindeth, and life devoureth life? William Morris, 'The Pilgrims of Hope'. Happy #MayDay, Oxford✊

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Zaynub Zaman @zzaman.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

‘Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale/Her infinite variety.’ - Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra 🖼️ T F Dicksee, Cleopatra (1876) Oil on Canvas, Private Collection. Wikimedia Commons 🖼️ Valentine Cameron Prinsep, The Death of Cleopatra (1870), Oil on Canvas. Wikimedia Commons #shakespeareday

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Salvador Castío @salvadorcastio.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Listen to Dr. Trowbridge’s inspiring lecture on Substack on the why the Pre-Raphaelites are relevant in 2026 and why that will continue to be true in the coming years. substack.com/@serenatrowb... @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social @serena-t.bsky.social

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Why does Pre-Raphaelitism Matter Now?

Recording of my inaugural lecture, March 20th 2026

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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

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Dilara Kalkan @dilarakalkan.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I’m excited to share that my paper “Reimagining Mary Shelley through Pre-Raphaelite Eyes: Lucy Madox Brown’s Biography and the Labour of Literary Memory” is published in the Winter issue of PRS Review: “Working Wonders". @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social @zzaman.bsky.social

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Zaynub Zaman @zzaman.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Cosy in cashmere, the Winter Issue of the PRS Review/PRSUS Newsletter is out now! Full of amazing essays, poems, art and reviews looking at how Pre-Raphaelites transformed ideas about work: work for women, work as pleasure and workers as heroes of modern society!

Magazine cover showing working men and women engaging in construction and child rearing.

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

The best bit is how Rossetti is roughly the same size and shape as the wombat, emphasising the wombat's humanity and/or the artist's wombatity. A tale as old as wombats.

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Journal of Victorian Culture @jofvictculture.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Contribute to the blog! Take a look at the JVC Online blog (jvc.oup.com) to get a feel for previous contributions and our style. You can find our contributor guidelines at: jvc.oup.com/contributor-... #victorianculture #victorianliterature

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Dinah Roe @preraphsrule.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Are you looking to share your love of nineteenth-century art & poetry? Join the lovely folks @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social, a warm and bright community who have supported my work since the beginning!

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Salvador Castío @salvadorcastio.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Four decades. How I came to be featured in an eminent Art Journal. Read my full blog post on my story: salvadorcastio.com/beautiful-re... @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social @zzaman.bsky.social @alexxr97.bsky.social @suzannefagence.bsky.social @preraphaelicious.bsky.social @veryverso.bsky.social #art

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Salvador Castío @salvadorcastio.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

It's been an Amazing week. After months of patiently waiting, I can finally reveal that I am the subject of a five-page article, In An Artist's Studio, in the new issue of the Pre-Raphaelite Society's PRS Review. My sincere thanks to @zzaman.bsky.social and @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social. #art

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Zaynub Zaman @zzaman.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Cloaked in cascading bronze chiffon, the Summer Issue of the PRS Review/PRSUS Newsletter is out now! Crammed with essays that’ll whisk you away to 13thC Florence and marvels closer to home, astonishing art, poetry, architecture, book & exhibition reviews, opinion pieces and more! 💎

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Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Thrilled to receive the summer edition of preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social PRS Review, and to see my new poem given such wonderful treatment. Being Poet-in-Residence to the PRS is an extraordinary honour. I'm sharing an obscured image here... no spoilers! 🧡🍂💛

PRS Review. Front cover shows DG Rossetti's 1881 painting 'The Boat of Love': gold/grey colours, figures (including an angel) on a wooden ship.

On the lefthand page, the text of my poem 'Dismantling De Morgan', obscured by overlaid images of autumn leaves. On righthand page, my photograph of Evelyn De Morgan's painting 'The Hourglass': a seated female figure in flowing orange robes, her right hand reaching for an hourglass on an elaborately-carved low table.

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Kyle Cassidy @kylecassidy.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Happy 196th birthday to Elizabeth Siddal. Her poetry was never published in her lifetime. Our edition of it is in bookstores on the 29th but pre-ordering everywhere now and also at ElizabethSiddal.com

A person in dark clothing walks down a dim, graffiti-lined alley. The sky is overcast, creating a somber mood. Quote overlay about Elizabeth Siddal's poetry.

A cozy scene with a cup of coffee on a wooden table surrounded by poetry books, handwritten letters, twine, and a pen, evoking a vintage, thoughtful ambiance.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

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.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

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:

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Bluesky isn’t about popularity, it’s about gathering all 17 William Morris lovers together in a single online location!

William Morris giving you leaves and flowers like a boss!

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Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I'm giddy and overjoyed to have won 1st prize in the Kathryn Bevis Memorial Prize. It was a privilege to be included on a shortlist packed with incredible writers, and I hope I get to read all of those poems at some point. Sincere thanks to the judges, I'm feeling very grateful.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

A flourishing of foxgloves for Friday. ‘The foxglove bells, with lolling tongue, Will not reveal what peals were rung In Faery, in Faery, A thousand ages gone.’ Mary Webb Can you spot all the foxgloves in these three artworks?

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Zaynub Zaman @zzaman.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Got that Spring Glow? Swishing around in Silk, I’m delighted to announce this season’s PRS Review! We feature incredible essays, poems and reviews, exquisite art and 19thC stained-glass windows that will take your breath away!

Cover image of the PRS Review. Central figure is a woman wearing a golden gown & radiating divine light who descends from on high and dispels the darkness of the earth that surrounds her like a living flame.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Happy Mother’s Day to the moms, mums, mamas, stepmoms, aunts, grandmas, great grandmothers, guardians, godparents, cousins and all the women in our lives that raised us and continue to offer their support, love and guidance.

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BAVS @bavs-uk.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

CFP: Working Pre-Raphaelites

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Zaynub Zaman @zzaman.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Revolutionary Writers unite! Special Issue 🚨 Working Wonders: Work, Pre-Raphs and Utopian Visions. Welcome topics: Labour, Socialists, Suffragettes & Utopia. Email editorpreraphreview@gmail.com for expressions of interest. @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social Deadline: 1st September 2025.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Call for Papers for our Autumn/ Winter edition!

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

There’s still tickets available for this fascinating talk this weekend.

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

English actress Ellen Terry born #OTD 1847, painted as Lady Macbeth by John Singer Sargent in 1888; her acclaimed emerald dress by aesthetic designer Alice Comyns Carr shimmered with iridescent wings of 1,000 jewel beetles. Tate Museum | Smallhythe, National Trust #sargentexhibition

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Northumberland-born artist John Martin died #otd 1854 on the Isle of Man. From a working-class background, painted apocalyptic biblical scenes that became popular despite the art establishment's disdain. Pic: The Great Day of His Wrath, 1851 (Tate Britain).

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De Morgan Foundation @demorganfoundation.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

New exhibition launching at the Guildhall Art Gallery, London, soon! One of the most remarkable artists of her generation, Evelyn De Morgan, is returning to Guildhall Art Gallery this April in an exhibition that premieres two newly restored artworks. Find out more: bit.ly/3QftfhI

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Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Whether you're wallowing in DG Rossetti's winter-bitten wold or swooning among Swinburne's sonorous fruitless furrows, please join me for this new @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social podcast as I read brrrrilliant Pre-Raphaelite poems sparkling with snow on snow... www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/podcast

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The Pre-Raphaelite Podcast | Pre-Raphaelite Soc

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Suzanne Fagence Cooper @suzannefagence.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

New event - just announced! On 12th Feb, join me for a private view of this stunning exhibition at #York Art Gallery, 6-8pm. I'll be talking about William Morris & the Beauty of the Earth. Tix available here: www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/whats-on/eve... #artsandcrafts @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Poems and Pre-Raphaelite art today to remind everyone that the deadline for our poetry competition is approaching, 30th January. PRS Poetry Prize- The three winning poems will be published in the Pre-Raphaelite Society’s Review, along with two Commended poems. t.co/HOqBUwkMVY

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Dantes and Devotions, Beatrice and Dante, Siddal and Rossetti, for this #FeelingsFriday. Rossetti modeled Beatrice after his wife, fellow artist and poet, collaborator and frequent model, Elizabeth Siddal. Comparing his devotion to that of his namesake, the poet, Dante Alighieri.

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

A Merry Musical Rossetti Christmas! Thank you all for your support and passion for the Pre-Raphaelite movement and the Society this year. We hope you have the Christmas/holiday season you want, maybe listening to some carols like Rossetti. #merrychristmas #preraphaelites

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Dinah Roe @preraphsrule.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Just chuckling to myself as Beatrice furiously descends in her fabulous car surrounded by angels to read #Dante the riot act in Canto 30 (Purgatorio). #FridayFeeling #amediting #ChristinaRossetti digitaldante.columbia.edu/dante/divine...

A coloured Gustav Dore illustration of Canto 30, with a serene-looking Beatrice being borne through the skies by various draped angels.

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Zaynub Zaman @zzaman.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Cosseted in Psychedelic Chiffon, I’m thrilled to announce 📣 our Special Issue: Pre-Raphaelites on the Global Stage! We feature astounding poetry, reviews, essays from Scotland to New Zealand! @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social @sarahdoyle.bsky.social @serena-t.bsky.social

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Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

An early Christmas present just landed on our door mat! The latest PRS Review, our magazine, full of poetry, essays, book reviews, news on upcoming events and exhibitions and so much more. Become a member of the Pre-Raph Society and receive a copy of your own. See the link in our bio to join.

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Kyle Cassidy @kylecassidy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Gearing up for our trip to England for a book launch at the @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social on the 17th. Are you in England? Do you love Elizabeth Siddal? Do you love poetry? #photography #london #pre-raphaliete #ElizabethSiddal #Hasselblad #portraitmood #portraitphotgraphy

A photograph of a woman with long red hair blowing in the wind kneeling at an intersection in Brick Lane, London.

a window-lit photograph of two books, an old victorian mechanical pencil, a cup of coffee, handwritten manuscript pages and a ball of string. One book is titled "The (mostly) complete poems of Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal" and the other titled "This is Only Earth, My Dear" by Elizabeth Elanor Siddal, Trillian Stars & Kyle Cassidy

Photo of a woman with long red hair blowing in the wind carrying a modern clear umbrella and text inviting people to a book launch: December 17th, 2024 Birmingham and Midland Institute Sir Arthur Sullivan Hall / 9 Margaret St. Birmingham, B3 3bs, from 6pm until the ghost of Swinburne leaves / wine and cheese / more information or order books ElizabethSiddal.com / 26 pounds 50 pre order, 32 pounds day of"

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