Looking forward to this.

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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...

A campaign to fundraise to have Pre-Raph artist Marie Spartali Stillman’s headstone conserved in time for the centenary of her death next year- www.gofundme.com/f/marie-spartali-stillman/

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Marie Spartali was an eminent pre-Raphaelite artist. She married the American polymath William… david parsons needs your support for Marie Spartali Stillman

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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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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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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.

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

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Kinda chic … the Pre-Raphaelite Society.

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

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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’.

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...

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. …

A free conference in London on Monday - www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tat...

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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.

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.

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’. …

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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

‘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.

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.

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

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.

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

Pre-Raphaelite Society@preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social · 8mo ago

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...

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

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...

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/

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.)