Artist and model Elizabeth Siddal (1829-1862).
She became the muse of her husband Dante Gabriel Rossetti and other Pre-Raphaelite painters.
I wasn’t entirely sure I had ever seen a photograph of Lizzie although I worked on picture research for a book on her sister in inspiration Jane Morris, William’s wife and also muse and fellow artist (she was almost totally responsible for women casting off their constricting undergarments; the corset and bustle etc., for the free flowing dress and cheese underneath and thus unspoilt lines of the gown) but Lizzie always struck me as a tragic figure and yet also uncommonly beautiful
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