tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617545316864155046.post2416373666563895738..comments2024-03-16T14:50:08.733-04:00Comments on Victorian Musings: Remembering Mrs. Elizabeth Rossetti (nee Siddal) (25 July 1829 – 11 February 1862)Kimberly Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701922878244863690noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617545316864155046.post-84908399995136311802016-03-01T12:41:46.047-05:002016-03-01T12:41:46.047-05:00Thank you for this detailed account, Kimberly. Od...Thank you for this detailed account, Kimberly. Oddly enough I almost got round to doing a blog on Rossetti so thought about this unhappy couple must be in 'the air'! There was something very tragic in their love affair...it took so long for Rossetti to commit to marriage. My feeling is she felt weary and disillusioned by this time and of course, had lost her baby too. Did you get to the archives at the Bodleian Library in Oxford? They have some of her poetry and paintings there and seeing these was deeply touching. Loretta Proctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08086372952753615041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617545316864155046.post-86121874764374101842016-02-12T22:21:58.250-05:002016-02-12T22:21:58.250-05:00Hi WoofWoof,
I remember that talk and wishing I co...Hi WoofWoof,<br />I remember that talk and wishing I could attend. I think its important to share in this case blood families direct accounts of a sad but very important event with the death of Lizzie Siddal. We must remember not everyone has read or researched The Rossetti Family or the women who surrounded them. A dangerous flaw we all share is a result of years of research can end up giving us a false sense of security in believing that we know and understand what happened in the past to artists we admire and respect. I am here to share the research I have found from sources I hope everyone reads and comes to their own conclusions. Thank you so much for your comment and time visiting my blog. Kimberly Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06701922878244863690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617545316864155046.post-8971973751640475542016-02-12T02:24:39.156-05:002016-02-12T02:24:39.156-05:00Thanks for such an interesting account. I never ti...Thanks for such an interesting account. I never tire of reading about the sad story of Lizzie Siddal. I remember exactly 4 years ago to the day on the 150th anniversary of her death attending an interesting talk about her life at Highgate Cemetary where she is buried in the Rossetti family plot (though DGR himself is not there). It's interesting hearing the exact details of what happened that night and William Michaels poem really brings out what it must have been like to have the open coffin there for so long. From the details, it is quite hard to tell whether it was suicide or just an accidental overdose. I tend to think it was the latter from the fact that it sounds like she was already feeling unwell when they set off for the dinner with Swinburne. Maybe she had already taken too much laudanum and possibly another dose before she went to bed finished her off. On the other hand, her poetry sounds like. She would have welcomed death. I also wonder where Rossetti went at 9pm. Was he going out to see one of his other lady friends, and perhaps if Lizzie suspected this she might have responded. Also, I think there were rumours at the time that she left a note, and that Ford Maddox Brown told Rossetti to destroy it? Whatever truly happened, it is a sad tale. It seems that in most cases for women who get involved with artists, life certainly becomes interesting but rarely ends happily ever after...WoofWoofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14142792485921452481noreply@blogger.com