Pre raphaelites

Controversy and conservatism in Victorian England

Portrait of a Lady (detail), by Michael Dahl.

John Collier (1850-1934), The Sleeping Beauty, 1921, oil on canvas, 111.7 x 142.2 cm. In a private collection This remarkable picture is eloquent testimony to the survival of Pre-Raphaelite values well into the twentieth century. Dating from as late as 1921, it treats the famous fairy story of 'Sleeping Beauty' that had been told many…

[Private Collection - Oil on canvas, 94 x 68.8 cm]

I’ve been a great admirer of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and their artistic style for a very long time now. Of all the artists associated with the movement, I think that John William Wate…

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An ancient oracle told by a Pythian priestess says, “But when the time shall come that the female conquers in battle, driving away the male, and wins great glory in Argos, then many wives of the Argives shall tear both cheeks in their mourning.”