Pre-Raphaelitism and the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood . Artliur JJKi-iici. THE SAILOR BOYS RETURN. of our reform movement, and but little less since thefoundation of the Of the latter I need notagain speak as regards the tull seven ; but althoughRossetti had long since broken his friendship with us,there was still subsisting the unforgettable link whichbinds each branch of the tree to the trunk. Rossetti, whonever strictly adhered to the original character of ourmovement, had spread his interpretation of it among his XII PRE-RAPHAELITE BROTHERHOOD 233 fellows and abroad, and now spoke of
Pre-Raphaelitism and the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood . Artliur JJKi-iici. THE SAILOR BOYS RETURN. of our reform movement, and but little less since thefoundation of the Of the latter I need notagain speak as regards the tull seven ; but althoughRossetti had long since broken his friendship with us,there was still subsisting the unforgettable link whichbinds each branch of the tree to the trunk. Rossetti, whonever strictly adhered to the original character of ourmovement, had spread his interpretation of it among his XII PRE-RAPHAELITE BROTHERHOOD 233 fellows and abroad, and now spoke of our combination as the mere affectation of a parcel of boys. Woolner, after his return from Australia in 1856, hadalways declared great zeal tor unity with us, and desire tobe remembered as one of the original brethren. He hadlately found himself with an open way before him by thedeath of Foley and the departure of Marochetti, but to. THE FATHERS LEAVE-TAKING. the surprise of many of his friends he dissipated his energiesin making a collection of pictures. My candidly expressedopinion as to the authenticity of certain of these findscaused a permanent rupture of my friendship with him. Millais, from the shelter of the Royal Academy, hadgained what was an advantage to his professional position,the reputation, among superficial observers, of havingabjured our principles, which, seeing that the ordinaryinterpretation of our purpose was that it was narrow 334 PRE-RAPHAELITISM AND THE chap. mediasvalism or Overbeckism, he could conscientiouslyleave uncontradicted. Thus it transpired that I alone still declared that Iworked on the simple principle of Pre-Raphaelitism, which,being the unending study of Nature, is an eternal law,and the consequence of my persistence was that 1 was
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