This exhibition follows the romance and radicalism of the Rossetti generation, through and beyond the Pre-Raphaelite years: Dante Gabriel, Christina and Elizabeth (née Siddal). Visitors will get to experience world-renowned works from their boundary-pushing careers.
The Rossettis’ approach to art, love and lifestyles are considered revolutionary, and this will be thoroughly explored in an immersive show, using spoken poetry, drawings, paintings, photography, design and more.
This is the first retrospective of Dante Gabriel Rossetti at Tate and the largest exhibition of his iconic pictures in two decades.
It 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.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Paolo and Francesca da Rimini, 1855 (detail) © Tate
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Head of a Young Woman [Mrs. Eaton?] 1863–1865 Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts (Stanford, USA)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Beata Beatrix c.1864-70 Tate. Presented by Georgiana, Baroness Mount-Temple in memory of her husband, Francis, Baron Mount-Temple 1889
Christina Rossetti Goblin Market 1865 Tate Library & Archive (London, UK)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Bocca Baciata 1859 Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, USA)
Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal Lady Clare 1854-1857 Private Collection
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Lady Lilith 1866-1868, altered 1872-1873 Delaware Art Museum, Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial, 1935
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Joan of Arc 1882 Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge, UK)
