Præraphaelite Diaries and Letters

This collection gathers the private record of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the young painters and poets who set out in 1848 to overturn the conventions of British art. Edited by William Michael Rossetti, it brings together the diary Ford Madox Brown kept for years, the letters of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and William Michael’s own notes on the group. The pages show the artists at work and at odds, arguing over pictures, chasing models, worrying about money, and reacting to the critics who mocked them. For anyone interested in Victorian painting, poetry, or the friendships behind them, these documents are a first hand source. This free PDF and EPUB presents the full compilation.