The supermodel did not arrive when Twiggy first donned false eyelashes; the concept began more than 100 years previously, with a young artists' model whose face captivated a generation. Saved from the drudgery of a working-class existence by a young Pre-Raphaelite artist, Lizzie Siddal rose to become one of the most famous faces in Victorian Britain and a pivotal figure of London's artistic world, until tragically ending her young life in a laudanum-soaked suicide in 1862. In the twenty-first century, even those who do not know her name always recognise her face: she is Millais's doomed Ophelia and Rossetti's beatified Beatrice. With many parallels in the modern-day world of art and fashion, this biography takes Lizzie from the background of Dante Rossetti's life and, finally, brings her to the forefront of her own.
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Book Details
Title
Lizzie Siddal
Imprint
Headline Welbeck Non-Fiction
Publication Year
2023
Product Form
Hardcover
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
ISBN13
9781802797923
Book Category
History and Archaeology Books
BISAC Subject Heading
BIO001000
Book Subcategory
Other History Books
Language
English
Dimensions
Width
22 mm
Height
200 mm
Length
130 mm
Weight
320 gr
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