A thick rope of claret red hair, milky white skin and piercing blue-green eyes; Elizabeth Siddal’s recognisable features have become a trademark of the pre-Raphaelite era, in which the classical stylings of artists Raphael and Michelangelo were once again brought to the forefront of contemporary thinking. Above and beyond her physical appearance, however, Siddal’s legacy lives on thorugh her artwork, poetry, and the tragic but powerful story of her life.
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