It’s on display till Mid-November with other props, an easel, writing desk, furniture and ceramics that belonged to Dante Gabriel Rossetti in the Oak Room at Wightwick Manor.

When the contents of Rossetti’s 16 Cheyne Walk were dispersed, it was acquired by his former assistant, Charles Fairfax Murray. For some years Murray kept it at The Grange, Burne-Jones’s former home in Fulham in which he housed his extensive collections. …

With elaborate wings, and a figure brandishing a flag on top of the water dispenser, figures and a double headed eagle decorate the base of the water tray. …

Gabriel saw this copper and brass water-cistern in the collection of his friend the interior decorator Murray Marks. Enamoured with the antique, he acquired it and took great inspiration from it. …

A Rossetti painting prop for #WorldArtDay.

In our previous post we shared Rossetti’s painting ‘Washing Hands’, one of a number of artworks from the 1850s and later that features this cistern, now on display at Wightwick Manor in their current exhibition ‘The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses’. …

Happy #WorldArtDay with the story of a Dante Gabriel Rossetti pouring prop ….

A story to be continued later today …

🖼️ ‘Washing Hands’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1865.

Happy Easter Sunday with some hopping hares and rambunctious rabbits to celebrate.

🖼️ ‘Rabbit amid Ferns and Flowering Plants’, William J Webbe, 1855, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

🖼️ ‘The White Rabbit’, John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, c.1871.

🖼️ ‘The Hare’, Phillip Webb, 1886, Wightwick Manor.

The Lamb of God, three Pre-Raphaelite depictions of flocks of sheep for this #GoodFriday.

🖼️ ‘The Pretty Baa-Lambs’, Ford Madox Brown, c.1851, BMAG.

🖼️ ‘Our English Coasts’, William Holman Hunt, 1852, Tate.

🖼️ ‘The Hireling Shepherd’, William Holman Hunt, 1851-2, Manchester Art Gallery.

A reminder that our chair is giving a lecture later today - which you can see in person or watch online.

‘Why Does Pre-Raphaelitism Matter Now?’
Professor Serena Trowbridge’s Inaugural Lecture.
18:00 – 20:00, 20 March
Birmingham & Midland Institute

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A Remarkable Woman: Pragmatic Feminism in May Morris's Plays. | Pre-Raphaelite Soc Lecture to be presented by Professor Serena Trowbridge in collaboration with The William Morris Society as part of Morris Month.

A reminder for today-

‘Remarkable Woman: Pragmatic Feminism in May Morris’s Plays.’

19:30 – 21:30, Wed 18 March

Zoom Lecture

Lecture by Professor Serena Trowbridge in collaboration with @williammorrissocuk.bsky.social

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🖼️ ‘With Goodly Greenish Locks’, an illustration for ‘Prothalamion’ by Edmund Spenser. In ‘The Book of Old English Songs and Ballads’, 1920.

🖼️ ‘The Little Foot Page’, Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, 1905, Walker Art Gallery.

🖼️ ‘Joan of Arc’, Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.

Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with a trio of green goddesses created by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.

‘The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses’ exhibition at Wightwick Manor is open. A story of the extraordinary talent of one family, four siblings: Gabriel, Christina, William and Maria, and two spouses: Elizabeth Siddal and Lucy Madox Brown.

It extends to eight rooms and features newly acquired works.

LIVE NOW a new episode of our Pre-Raphaelite podcast for #MorrisMonth! To celebrate we are excited to welcome Gabriella Esser and Vanessa Manson from The William Morris Society to share the life and legacies of Morris. They tell us about a busy March filled with activities many of which are online.

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Fore-edge painting depicting a view of Venice (gondolas, lovely architecture, a colourful gold, red and yellow sky with clouds)

Fore-edge painting depicting a view of Venice (gondolas, lovely architecture, a colourful gold, red and yellow sky with clouds). Seller's hands holding the book to display the picture are in the image.

Just LOOK at this gorgeous fore-edge painting from Gaetano Polidori's 1919 'Traduzione del lament di Tasso di Lord Byron'. @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social 😍

Thanks to everyone that came to our in person February lecture at Birmingham & Midland Institute, delivered by Helen Bratt-Wyton and Hannah Squire, co-curators of ‘The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses’ exhibition opening at Wightwick Manor & Gardens, Saturday 7th March 2026.

Highly recommend! Am really looking forward to this exhibition. 😍

It’s a portrait of Christina by Dante, recently acquired for the collection at Wightwick.

Female rage today courtesy of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s depictions of Joan of Arc. #ThursdayThoughts

Upcoming Talk! 11.30am, Saturday 7th February at the Birmingham and Midland Institute. An in person talk by curators Helen Bratt-Wyton and Hannah Squire to discuss their upcoming exhibition ‘The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses’ at Wightwick Manor.

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Sharing images of the legendary Ancient Greek poet and LGBTQ+ hero, Sappho, to remind everyone our poetry competition ends soon, 1 February 2026.

If you’d like the chance to have your work published in the Pre-Raphaelite Society Magazine click here- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/competitions/

1. 🖼️ Isabella and the Pot of Basil’, William Holman Hunt, 1867.

2. 🖼️ ‘Isabella and the Pot of Basil’, George Henry Grenville Manton, 1919.

3. 🖼️’Isabella and the Pot of Basil’, John William Waterhouse, 1907.

When you wish they’d just add a bit of seasoning to their food- basil anyone? #TastyThursday

(The subject is actually taken from a poem called ‘Isabella’ by John Keats and is about lost love and grief.)

Flocking to the Fireplace this #FreezingFriday in the UK.

🖼️ ‘At Home: A Portrait’, Walter Crane, 1872, Leeds Art Gallery.

🖼️ ‘Sister Helen’, Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal, Wightwick Manor.

🖼️ ‘Symphony in White, No. 2: The Little White Girl’, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1864, Tate.

Reflections today. We want to reflect that the Pre-Raphaelite Society is an independent charity, it’s volunteer-run, and we don’t have the capacity to answer general PRB questions, or check the sheer volume of direct messages we receive on our social media. Please contact us via our website.

Verdant visions with Rossetti’s ‘The Salutation of Beatrice’ (1869)’, ‘My Lady Greensleeves’ (1863) and ‘Il Ramoscello’ (The Twig) (1865) for this week’s #WednesdayWonder.

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In the 1890s, Caleb gave Minna her first camera. Recognising the commercial potential of her photographs, Keene registered her studies for copyright in 1903. She worked in South Africa and England and gained recognition producing portraits, landscapes, nature studies, and scenes of everyday life.

Born in 1861 in Germany, Keene (née Bergmann) (1861-1943) she moved to England around the late 1870s or early 1880s, where she worked as a governess and met her husband, artist and decorator Caleb Keene.