Where Is Elizabeth Siddal? Museum Location

Q: Who was Elizabeth Siddal?

A model, artist, and poet who became Rossetti's wife and Pre-Raphaelite icon You can see it at Fitzwilliam Museum (University of Cambridge), Cambridge.

Q: Where is this portrait?

You can see it at Fitzwilliam Museum (University of Cambridge), Cambridge in Cambridge, UK. Dante Gabriel Rossetti created it. Her distinctive features and red hair became iconic in Pre-Raphaelite art.

Q: Who was Elizabeth Siddal?

Elizabeth Siddal was a model, poet, and painter who became Rossetti's wife. She modeled for many Pre-Raphaelite paintings, including Millais's Ophelia, and died of a laudanum overdose in 1862.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti drew his muse and future wife Elizabeth Siddal in this portrait. Her distinctive features and red hair became iconic in Pre-Raphaelite art. Siddal modeled for many Brotherhood paintings.

Their relationship was intense and troubled. She died young, and Rossetti remained haunted by her memory. This work hangs at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.

A model, artist, and poet who became Rossetti's wife and Pre-Raphaelite icon You can see it at Fitzwilliam Museum (University of Cambridge), Cambridge.

You can see it at Fitzwilliam Museum (University of Cambridge), Cambridge in Cambridge, UK. Dante Gabriel Rossetti created it. Her distinctive features and red hair became iconic in Pre-Raphaelite art.

Elizabeth Siddal was a model, poet, and painter who became Rossetti's wife. She modeled for many Pre-Raphaelite paintings, including Millais's Ophelia, and died of a laudanum overdose in 1862.

Elizabeth Siddal

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More by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Self-Portrait

Carlisle Wall (The Lovers)

Ecce Ancilla Domini study

The Annunciation

Also at Fitzwilliam Museum (University of Cambridge), Cambridge

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The Soldiers Casting Lots for Christ's Garments

Portrait of Heneage Lloyd and his Sister, Lucy

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Hylas and the Nymphs

Ophelia

The Golden Stairs

Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses

The Lady of Shalott

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