![]() ![]() Her scepticism was wound up with the fact that during the 1840s, ‘modelling for an artist was perceived as being synonymous with prostitution’. ![]() ![]() Deverell was ‘despairing of finding a woman without prominent curves he had also hoped to find a red-haired model’ for his depiction of Shakespeare’s Viola.Īt first, Siddal was flattered but sceptical of Deverell’s approach, and it took his kindly mother to finally convince her to accept. She was ‘discovered’ by the Irish poet William Allingham, who found that she almost perfectly fitted the criteria for a model his friend, Walter Howell Deverell, was seeking for a painting. ![]() Lizzie Siddal, born Elizabeth Siddall in Southwark, London, worked first for a milliner, modelling different styles of hats for wealthy clients. Hawksley’s books and areas of research really appeal to me, and after my extremely positive experience reading Lizzie Siddal: The Tragedy of a Pre-Raphaelite Supermodel, I am keen to pick up more of her work soon. This seems odd, considering that whilst looking through her oeuvre, I wrote down almost every single title on my sprawling TBR list. Even as a history nerd, I must admit that I’ve not picked up one of Lucinda Hawksley’s books before. ![]()
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