Research Catalog

Title

Wives and stunners : the Pre-Raphaelites and their muses / Henrietta Garnett.

Author

Garnett, Henrietta, 1945-

Publication

London, England : Macmillan, 2012.

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Details

Description

xvi, 315 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits; 24 cm

Summary

Essentially a domestic biography whose main concern is the tragicomedy of manners enacted by a closely knit group of friends and lovers, 'Wives and Stunners' tells the story of Janey Morris, Georgie Burne-Jones, Lizzie Siddall, Effie Gray and less well-known, Marie Spartali, Aglaia Coronio and Mary Zambacco.

Subject

• Pre-Raphaelites > Relations with women
• Painters' spouses > England
• Women in art
• Painters' spouses
• Präraffaeliten
• Ehefrau
• Modell
• England

Note

• Includes bibliographical references (pages [292]-304) and index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- 1. The Formation of the P. R. B. -- 2. Effie and the Ruskins -- 3. Married Life -- 4. The Ruskins and the Pre-Raphaelites -- 5. En Plein Air -- 6. Lizzie Becomes Ophelia -- 7. Venice Regained -- 8. The Horror of Herne Hill -- 9. At Glenfinlas -- 10. Consequences -- 11. The Great Escape -- 12. The Dissolution of the P. R. B. -- 13. Lizzie and Gabriel -- 14. The Second Generation: The Revival of the P. R. B. and the Decline of Lizzie Siddal -- 15. Weddings in the Wind -- 16. Red House -- 17. Lizzie's Tragedy -- 18. Italian Interlude -- 19. Tudor House -- 20. Mr and Mrs Burne-Jones -- 21. A Greek Tragedy -- 22. Aftermath -- 23. Janey -- 24. Bad Ems -- 25. Cracking Up -- 26. Kelmscott -- 27. Nemesis -- 28. The End of the Firm -- 29. The Last Janey Picture -- 30. Morris at Leek -- 31. The Last Picture Show -- Acknowledgements -- Select Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.

ISBN

• 9780230709409
• 0230709400

LCCN

• 2013376347
• 7487432

OCLC

• ocn800852794
• 800852794
• SCSB-1777887

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library