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[lillassea]

After reading the book Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists about 7 years ago, I came away with a strong admiration for Marie Spartali Stillman. Not only was she a stunner herself (posing as a model for Rossetti and other painters -- the poet Swinburne said of her, "She is so beautiful that I want to sit down and cry"), but she was also a very fine artist

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[snakesinspace]

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[lillassea]

I got it today!! I was going to make a post about it, with a picture, but didn't have my camera with me today... OH THANK YOU!!! How lovely --! I am seriously delighted beyond words.

[parrish_relics]

that is a beautiful painting, love the delicate tree in the background...

you do have an ancient greek muse look to you, I can see that absolutely.

Have you read The Memorials of Edward Burne Jones by Georgiana? It is amazing to read such a close account, but also a bit puzzlingly Victorian :)

[lillassea]

I have not read it! I do remember reading (probably in The Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood) how Georgie's memoirs of her husband simply ended one section, and took up the next at a somewhat later date, neatly skipping over the Maria Zambaco episode altogether. lol That's very Victorian indeed.

[lillassea]

Funny thing is, I don't think I look especially Greek... but the Greeks in Greece kept telling me so.

[medievalmuse]

Lovely painting - her luminous complexion, the clothes!!

You are a petite Grecian Goddess in form and spirit. I could so see you dressed in that fashion too.

[_siddal_]

That's a gorgeous painting! I've never seen that one.