Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall
(July 25, 1829 - February 11, 1862) |
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Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall |
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Female |
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London, England, United Kingdom |
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British |
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July 25, 1829 |
| Death: |
February 11, 1862 |
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Pre-Raphaelite |
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Painting
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Biography
Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall was born on 25 July, 1829. At the time of Lizzie's birth, her father had his own cutlery-making business. Around 1831, the Siddall family moved to the borough of Southwark, in south London. It was in Southwark that the rest of Lizzie's siblings were born. Although there is no record of her having attended school, Lizzie was able to read and write.
Siddal was first noticed by Deverell in 1849, while she was working as a milliner in Cranbourne Alley, London. She was employed as a model by Deverell and through him was introduced to the Pre-Raphaelites. The twenty-year-old with her tall thin frame and copper hair was the first of the Pre-Raphaelite "stunners".
Unusually for a woman artist of this period, Elizabeth Siddall was working-class. She was making a living as a milliner when she began to model, and then resolved to be an artist and to write poetry. She exhibited in London and New York during her lifetime, and an individual exhibition was held at the Ruskin Gallery, Sheffield, in 1991.
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