The Rossettis

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TATE Britain Exhibition 6 April - 24 September 2023
A visually stunning book devoted to the radical Rossetti generation. The Rossettis' approach to art, love and lifestyles are considered revolutionary. This is explored by a range of short thematic essays containing fresh, and surprising research, accompanied by beautiful and iconic Pre-Raphaelite illustrations. Featuring artworks and writings by Dante Gabriel, Christina and Elizabeth (ne Siddal), the book distinguishes the Rossettis from Victorian culture and foregrounds their countercultural roles

The publication accompanies the first retrospective of Dante Gabriel Rossetti at Tate and the largest exhibition of his iconic pictures in two decades, and what will also be the most comprehensive exhibition of Elizabeth Siddal's work for 30 years, featuring rare surviving watercolours and important drawings.

The Rossettis will take a fresh look at the fascinating myths surrounding the unconventional relationships between Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Elizabeth Siddal, Fanny Cornforth and Jane Morris.

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Carol Jacobi is Curatorof British Art, 18501915 at Tate Britain. James Finch is a curator and art historian specialising in British art of the nineteenthand twentiethcenturies. He is currently Assistant Curator of nineteenthcentury British Art at Tate Britainwhere he most recently curatedSargent and Fashion. Other exhibitions and displays of historic and modern British art at Tate that James has worked on include (as co-curator)The RossettisandTurners Modern World.Prior to joining Tate, James was Curatorial Assistant at the Royal Academy of Arts, and undertook his doctorate, as a partnership between the University of Kent and Tate. He has published widely on nineteenthand twentiethcentury art. Chiedza Mhondoro is Assistant Curator, British Art at Tate Britain, specialising in the British art of the eighteenth century and its social, cultural, political, economic and international contexts. Dinah Roe is Reader in Nineteenth Century Literature at Oxford Brookes University Glenda Youde is a writer and researcher based at the University of York ElizabethPrettejohnis a writer, independent curator andProfessor of History of Artat the University of York. Jan Marsh is a writer, curator and specialist in the Pre-Raphaelite period Gursimran Oberoi is an associate teaching fellow at University of Surrey Margaretta S. Frederick is the former Annette Woolard-Provine Curator of the Bancroft Collection of Pre-Raphaelite Art at Delaware Art Museum Wendy Parkins is Professor of Victorian Literature and the Director of the Centre for Victorian Literature and Culture at the University of Kent