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The Pre-Raphaelite Society is the international society for the study and appreciation of the Pre-Raphaelite movement and its followers. #PreRaphaeliteSociety
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AGM and Founder's Day Lecture | Pre-Raphaelite Soc
Annual General Meeting followed by our Founder's Day Lecture to be delivered by Dr. Carol Jacobi
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Founder’s Day Lecture Speaker: Dr. Carol Jacobi
Lecture Title: ‘Pre-Raphaelite! Showing and Telling 1848-2028’
Date: Saturday 10th October 2026
Time: AGM - 10.30 am
Founder’s Day Lecture: 11.45am
Venue: The Birmingham and Midland Institute
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Lecture Title: ‘Pre-Raphaelite! Showing and Telling 1848-2028’
Date: Saturday 10th October 2026
Time: AGM - 10.30 am
Founder’s Day Lecture: 11.45am
Venue: The Birmingham and Midland Institute
www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
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Looking forward to this.
LIVE NOW on our Pre-Raphaelite Podcast! Welcome to Fiona Slattery Clark to discuss her exhibition 'May Morris: Crafting a Legacy' at the Lady Lever Gallery. This exhibition celebrates the many creative works of May Morris.
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May Morris: Crafting a Legacy | The Pre-Raphaelite Podcast
It is a pleasure to welcome the wonderful Fiona Slattery Clark who is Curator of Decorative Art for National Museums Liverpool. Fiona joins us to discuss her current exhibition 'May Morris: Crafting ...
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September 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Looking forward to this.
A campaign to fundraise to have Pre-Raph artist Marie Spartali Stillman’s headstone conserved in time for the centenary of her death next year-
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Donate to Marie Spartali Stillman, organized by david parsons
Marie Spartali was an eminent pre-Raphaelite artist. She married the American polymath William… david parsons needs your support for Marie Spartali Stillman
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September 24, 2026 at 6:37 PM
A campaign to fundraise to have Pre-Raph artist Marie Spartali Stillman’s headstone conserved in time for the centenary of her death next year-
www.gofundme.com/f/marie-spartali-stillman/
www.gofundme.com/f/marie-spartali-stillman/
LIVE NOW on our Pre-Raphaelite Podcast! Welcome to Fiona Slattery Clark to discuss her exhibition 'May Morris: Crafting a Legacy' at the Lady Lever Gallery. This exhibition celebrates the many creative works of May Morris.
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May Morris: Crafting a Legacy | The Pre-Raphaelite Podcast
It is a pleasure to welcome the wonderful Fiona Slattery Clark who is Curator of Decorative Art for National Museums Liverpool. Fiona joins us to discuss her current exhibition 'May Morris: Crafting ...
the-pre-raphaelite-podcast.podbean.com
September 23, 2026 at 12:12 PM
LIVE NOW on our Pre-Raphaelite Podcast! Welcome to Fiona Slattery Clark to discuss her exhibition 'May Morris: Crafting a Legacy' at the Lady Lever Gallery. This exhibition celebrates the many creative works of May Morris.
the-pre-raphaelite-podcast.podbean.com/e/may-morris...
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🌟DATE: Saturday 19th September 2026
🌟TIME: 11.30am
🌟SPEAKER: Andreane Rellou
🌟VENUE: The Birmingham and Midland Institute
🖼️ TITLE: THE THREE GRACES SHORT FILM AND LECTURE.
🌟DATE: Saturday 19th September 2026
🌟TIME: 11.30am
🌟SPEAKER: Andreane Rellou
🌟VENUE: The Birmingham and Midland Institute
🖼️ TITLE: THE THREE GRACES SHORT FILM AND LECTURE.
September 18, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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🌟DATE: Saturday 19th September 2026
🌟TIME: 11.30am
🌟SPEAKER: Andreane Rellou
🌟VENUE: The Birmingham and Midland Institute
🖼️ TITLE: THE THREE GRACES SHORT FILM AND LECTURE.
🌟DATE: Saturday 19th September 2026
🌟TIME: 11.30am
🌟SPEAKER: Andreane Rellou
🌟VENUE: The Birmingham and Midland Institute
🖼️ TITLE: THE THREE GRACES SHORT FILM AND LECTURE.
Details Of A New In Person Lecture: THE THREE GRACES SHORT FILM AND LECTURE.
🌟DATE: Saturday 19th September 2026
🌟TIME: 11.30am
🌟SPEAKER: Andreane Rellou
🌟VENUE: The Birmingham and Midland Institute
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🌟DATE: Saturday 19th September 2026
🌟TIME: 11.30am
🌟SPEAKER: Andreane Rellou
🌟VENUE: The Birmingham and Midland Institute
www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
THE THREE GRACES. | Pre-Raphaelite Soc
This wonderful event will begin with a lecture giving us an insight into Andreane's research into the lives of Maria Spartali Stillman, Maria Zambaco and Aglaia Coronio, followed by a screening of the...
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September 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Details Of A New In Person Lecture: THE THREE GRACES SHORT FILM AND LECTURE.
🌟DATE: Saturday 19th September 2026
🌟TIME: 11.30am
🌟SPEAKER: Andreane Rellou
🌟VENUE: The Birmingham and Midland Institute
www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
🌟DATE: Saturday 19th September 2026
🌟TIME: 11.30am
🌟SPEAKER: Andreane Rellou
🌟VENUE: The Birmingham and Midland Institute
www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
Deadline fast approaching! Register your interest to present a paper now- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/graduate-net...
PRS Graduate Network | Pre-Raphaelite Soc
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August 29, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Deadline fast approaching! Register your interest to present a paper now- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/graduate-net...
Kinda chic … the Pre-Raphaelite Society.
August 21, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Kinda chic … the Pre-Raphaelite Society.
Founder’s Day Lecture Speaker: Dr. Carol Jacobi
Lecture Title: ‘Pre-Raphaelite! Showing and Telling 1848-2028’
Date: Saturday 10th October 2026
Time: AGM - 10.30 am
Founder’s Day Lecture: 11.45am
Venue: The Birmingham and Midland Institute
www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
Lecture Title: ‘Pre-Raphaelite! Showing and Telling 1848-2028’
Date: Saturday 10th October 2026
Time: AGM - 10.30 am
Founder’s Day Lecture: 11.45am
Venue: The Birmingham and Midland Institute
www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
AGM and Founder's Day Lecture | Pre-Raphaelite Soc
Annual General Meeting followed by our Founder's Day Lecture to be delivered by Dr. Carol Jacobi
www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org
August 15, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Founder’s Day Lecture Speaker: Dr. Carol Jacobi
Lecture Title: ‘Pre-Raphaelite! Showing and Telling 1848-2028’
Date: Saturday 10th October 2026
Time: AGM - 10.30 am
Founder’s Day Lecture: 11.45am
Venue: The Birmingham and Midland Institute
www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
Lecture Title: ‘Pre-Raphaelite! Showing and Telling 1848-2028’
Date: Saturday 10th October 2026
Time: AGM - 10.30 am
Founder’s Day Lecture: 11.45am
Venue: The Birmingham and Midland Institute
www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
All the summer hats by Julia Margaret Cameron for #thursdayvibes. The first entitled ‘For I’m to be the Queen of May Mother’, the second ‘Summer Days’ and the third ‘Ophelia Study No 2’.
July 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
All the summer hats by Julia Margaret Cameron for #thursdayvibes. The first entitled ‘For I’m to be the Queen of May Mother’, the second ‘Summer Days’ and the third ‘Ophelia Study No 2’.
New Talk: FORESTS OF A FUTURE PAST IN WILLIAM MORRIS’S ‘NEWS FROM NOWHERE’
Dr. Dion Dobrzynski
11am, Saturday 13th June
ONLINE VIA ZOOM.
This talk explores Morris’ vision of a forested London as a challenge to industrial capitalism.
Tickets: www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
Dr. Dion Dobrzynski
11am, Saturday 13th June
ONLINE VIA ZOOM.
This talk explores Morris’ vision of a forested London as a challenge to industrial capitalism.
Tickets: www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
June 11, 2026 at 10:05 AM
New Talk: FORESTS OF A FUTURE PAST IN WILLIAM MORRIS’S ‘NEWS FROM NOWHERE’
Dr. Dion Dobrzynski
11am, Saturday 13th June
ONLINE VIA ZOOM.
This talk explores Morris’ vision of a forested London as a challenge to industrial capitalism.
Tickets: www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
Dr. Dion Dobrzynski
11am, Saturday 13th June
ONLINE VIA ZOOM.
This talk explores Morris’ vision of a forested London as a challenge to industrial capitalism.
Tickets: www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
Escaping the heat by imagining we are mermaids #hotsummer.
‘I would be a mermaid fair;
I would sing to myself the whole of the day;’
Extract from ‘The Mermaid’, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1830. …
‘I would be a mermaid fair;
I would sing to myself the whole of the day;’
Extract from ‘The Mermaid’, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1830. …
May 29, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Escaping the heat by imagining we are mermaids #hotsummer.
‘I would be a mermaid fair;
I would sing to myself the whole of the day;’
Extract from ‘The Mermaid’, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1830. …
‘I would be a mermaid fair;
I would sing to myself the whole of the day;’
Extract from ‘The Mermaid’, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1830. …
A free conference in London on Monday -
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Lunder Institute at Tate Britain | Tate Britain
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May 23, 2026 at 8:11 AM
A free conference in London on Monday -
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New Talk Alert!
‘Artists in Wonderland: Pre-Raphaelite Adventures in Oxford’
11.30am, Sat 30 May
This is an in person talk at Birmingham & Midland Institute
Book here- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
A fascinating lecture exploring the Pre-Raphaelites association with Oxford.
‘Artists in Wonderland: Pre-Raphaelite Adventures in Oxford’
11.30am, Sat 30 May
This is an in person talk at Birmingham & Midland Institute
Book here- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
A fascinating lecture exploring the Pre-Raphaelites association with Oxford.
May 16, 2026 at 6:09 PM
New Talk Alert!
‘Artists in Wonderland: Pre-Raphaelite Adventures in Oxford’
11.30am, Sat 30 May
This is an in person talk at Birmingham & Midland Institute
Book here- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
A fascinating lecture exploring the Pre-Raphaelites association with Oxford.
‘Artists in Wonderland: Pre-Raphaelite Adventures in Oxford’
11.30am, Sat 30 May
This is an in person talk at Birmingham & Midland Institute
Book here- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
A fascinating lecture exploring the Pre-Raphaelites association with Oxford.
The heady scent of Bluebells is wafting across the UK this week. To celebrate are Pre-Raphaelite depictions of these purple perfumed presents.
🖼️ ‘Bluebells’, Lawrence Alma Tadema.
🖼️ ‘The Woodmans Child’, Arthur Hughes, 1860, Tate.
🖼️ ‘The Fairy Wood’, Henry Meynell Rheam, 1903.
🖼️ ‘Bluebells’, Lawrence Alma Tadema.
🖼️ ‘The Woodmans Child’, Arthur Hughes, 1860, Tate.
🖼️ ‘The Fairy Wood’, Henry Meynell Rheam, 1903.
April 28, 2026 at 8:43 AM
The heady scent of Bluebells is wafting across the UK this week. To celebrate are Pre-Raphaelite depictions of these purple perfumed presents.
🖼️ ‘Bluebells’, Lawrence Alma Tadema.
🖼️ ‘The Woodmans Child’, Arthur Hughes, 1860, Tate.
🖼️ ‘The Fairy Wood’, Henry Meynell Rheam, 1903.
🖼️ ‘Bluebells’, Lawrence Alma Tadema.
🖼️ ‘The Woodmans Child’, Arthur Hughes, 1860, Tate.
🖼️ ‘The Fairy Wood’, Henry Meynell Rheam, 1903.
A Rossetti painting prop for #WorldArtDay.
In our previous post we shared Rossetti’s painting ‘Washing Hands’, one of a number of artworks from the 1850s and later that features this cistern, now on display at Wightwick Manor in their current exhibition ‘The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses’. …
In our previous post we shared Rossetti’s painting ‘Washing Hands’, one of a number of artworks from the 1850s and later that features this cistern, now on display at Wightwick Manor in their current exhibition ‘The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses’. …
April 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A Rossetti painting prop for #WorldArtDay.
In our previous post we shared Rossetti’s painting ‘Washing Hands’, one of a number of artworks from the 1850s and later that features this cistern, now on display at Wightwick Manor in their current exhibition ‘The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses’. …
In our previous post we shared Rossetti’s painting ‘Washing Hands’, one of a number of artworks from the 1850s and later that features this cistern, now on display at Wightwick Manor in their current exhibition ‘The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses’. …
Happy #WorldArtDay with the story of a Dante Gabriel Rossetti pouring prop ….
A story to be continued later today …
🖼️ ‘Washing Hands’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1865.
A story to be continued later today …
🖼️ ‘Washing Hands’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1865.
April 15, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Happy #WorldArtDay with the story of a Dante Gabriel Rossetti pouring prop ….
A story to be continued later today …
🖼️ ‘Washing Hands’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1865.
A story to be continued later today …
🖼️ ‘Washing Hands’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1865.
Happy Easter Sunday with some hopping hares and rambunctious rabbits to celebrate.
🖼️ ‘Rabbit amid Ferns and Flowering Plants’, William J Webbe, 1855, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
🖼️ ‘The White Rabbit’, John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, c.1871.
🖼️ ‘The Hare’, Phillip Webb, 1886, Wightwick Manor.
🖼️ ‘Rabbit amid Ferns and Flowering Plants’, William J Webbe, 1855, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
🖼️ ‘The White Rabbit’, John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, c.1871.
🖼️ ‘The Hare’, Phillip Webb, 1886, Wightwick Manor.
April 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Happy Easter Sunday with some hopping hares and rambunctious rabbits to celebrate.
🖼️ ‘Rabbit amid Ferns and Flowering Plants’, William J Webbe, 1855, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
🖼️ ‘The White Rabbit’, John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, c.1871.
🖼️ ‘The Hare’, Phillip Webb, 1886, Wightwick Manor.
🖼️ ‘Rabbit amid Ferns and Flowering Plants’, William J Webbe, 1855, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
🖼️ ‘The White Rabbit’, John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, c.1871.
🖼️ ‘The Hare’, Phillip Webb, 1886, Wightwick Manor.
The Lamb of God, three Pre-Raphaelite depictions of flocks of sheep for this #GoodFriday.
🖼️ ‘The Pretty Baa-Lambs’, Ford Madox Brown, c.1851, BMAG.
🖼️ ‘Our English Coasts’, William Holman Hunt, 1852, Tate.
🖼️ ‘The Hireling Shepherd’, William Holman Hunt, 1851-2, Manchester Art Gallery.
🖼️ ‘The Pretty Baa-Lambs’, Ford Madox Brown, c.1851, BMAG.
🖼️ ‘Our English Coasts’, William Holman Hunt, 1852, Tate.
🖼️ ‘The Hireling Shepherd’, William Holman Hunt, 1851-2, Manchester Art Gallery.
April 3, 2026 at 5:59 PM
The Lamb of God, three Pre-Raphaelite depictions of flocks of sheep for this #GoodFriday.
🖼️ ‘The Pretty Baa-Lambs’, Ford Madox Brown, c.1851, BMAG.
🖼️ ‘Our English Coasts’, William Holman Hunt, 1852, Tate.
🖼️ ‘The Hireling Shepherd’, William Holman Hunt, 1851-2, Manchester Art Gallery.
🖼️ ‘The Pretty Baa-Lambs’, Ford Madox Brown, c.1851, BMAG.
🖼️ ‘Our English Coasts’, William Holman Hunt, 1852, Tate.
🖼️ ‘The Hireling Shepherd’, William Holman Hunt, 1851-2, Manchester Art Gallery.
A reminder that our chair is giving a lecture later today - which you can see in person or watch online.
‘Why Does Pre-Raphaelitism Matter Now?’
Professor Serena Trowbridge’s Inaugural Lecture.
18:00 – 20:00, 20 March
Birmingham & Midland Institute
www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
‘Why Does Pre-Raphaelitism Matter Now?’
Professor Serena Trowbridge’s Inaugural Lecture.
18:00 – 20:00, 20 March
Birmingham & Midland Institute
www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
March 20, 2026 at 9:11 AM
A reminder that our chair is giving a lecture later today - which you can see in person or watch online.
‘Why Does Pre-Raphaelitism Matter Now?’
Professor Serena Trowbridge’s Inaugural Lecture.
18:00 – 20:00, 20 March
Birmingham & Midland Institute
www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
‘Why Does Pre-Raphaelitism Matter Now?’
Professor Serena Trowbridge’s Inaugural Lecture.
18:00 – 20:00, 20 March
Birmingham & Midland Institute
www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
A reminder for today-
‘Remarkable Woman: Pragmatic Feminism in May Morris’s Plays.’
19:30 – 21:30, Wed 18 March
Zoom Lecture
Lecture by Professor Serena Trowbridge in collaboration with @williammorrissocuk.bsky.social
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‘Remarkable Woman: Pragmatic Feminism in May Morris’s Plays.’
19:30 – 21:30, Wed 18 March
Zoom Lecture
Lecture by Professor Serena Trowbridge in collaboration with @williammorrissocuk.bsky.social
www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
A Remarkable Woman: Pragmatic Feminism in May Morris's Plays. | Pre-Raphaelite Soc
Lecture to be presented by Professor Serena Trowbridge in collaboration with The William Morris Society as part of Morris Month.
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March 18, 2026 at 8:58 AM
A reminder for today-
‘Remarkable Woman: Pragmatic Feminism in May Morris’s Plays.’
19:30 – 21:30, Wed 18 March
Zoom Lecture
Lecture by Professor Serena Trowbridge in collaboration with @williammorrissocuk.bsky.social
www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
‘Remarkable Woman: Pragmatic Feminism in May Morris’s Plays.’
19:30 – 21:30, Wed 18 March
Zoom Lecture
Lecture by Professor Serena Trowbridge in collaboration with @williammorrissocuk.bsky.social
www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with a trio of green goddesses created by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.
March 17, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with a trio of green goddesses created by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.
‘The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses’ exhibition at Wightwick Manor is open. A story of the extraordinary talent of one family, four siblings: Gabriel, Christina, William and Maria, and two spouses: Elizabeth Siddal and Lucy Madox Brown.
It extends to eight rooms and features newly acquired works.
It extends to eight rooms and features newly acquired works.
March 12, 2026 at 10:18 AM
‘The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses’ exhibition at Wightwick Manor is open. A story of the extraordinary talent of one family, four siblings: Gabriel, Christina, William and Maria, and two spouses: Elizabeth Siddal and Lucy Madox Brown.
It extends to eight rooms and features newly acquired works.
It extends to eight rooms and features newly acquired works.
LIVE NOW a new episode of our Pre-Raphaelite podcast for #MorrisMonth! To celebrate we are excited to welcome Gabriella Esser and Vanessa Manson from The William Morris Society to share the life and legacies of Morris. They tell us about a busy March filled with activities many of which are online.
March 1, 2026 at 11:54 AM
LIVE NOW a new episode of our Pre-Raphaelite podcast for #MorrisMonth! To celebrate we are excited to welcome Gabriella Esser and Vanessa Manson from The William Morris Society to share the life and legacies of Morris. They tell us about a busy March filled with activities many of which are online.
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Just LOOK at this gorgeous fore-edge painting from Gaetano Polidori's 1919 'Traduzione del lament di Tasso di Lord Byron'. @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social 😍
February 23, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Just LOOK at this gorgeous fore-edge painting from Gaetano Polidori's 1919 'Traduzione del lament di Tasso di Lord Byron'. @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social 😍
Thanks to everyone that came to our in person February lecture at Birmingham & Midland Institute, delivered by Helen Bratt-Wyton and Hannah Squire, co-curators of ‘The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses’ exhibition opening at Wightwick Manor & Gardens, Saturday 7th March 2026.
February 10, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Thanks to everyone that came to our in person February lecture at Birmingham & Midland Institute, delivered by Helen Bratt-Wyton and Hannah Squire, co-curators of ‘The Rossettis: Siblings and Spouses’ exhibition opening at Wightwick Manor & Gardens, Saturday 7th March 2026.