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Præraphaelite Diaries and Letters

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First published: 1900
Pages: 232

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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.

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William Michael Rossetti

William Michael Rossetti (1829 to 1919) was an English writer and critic, brother of Dante Gabriel and Christina Rossetti and a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He spent much of his life recording and preserving the movement's history.

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