Pre-Raphaelitism and the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood . ured in Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square ;and when all was arranged I went to a private was there, and immediately on my arrival calledme to come and see the stunning drawings that theSid (the name by which Miss Siddal went) had sent. Icomplimented them fully, and said that had I come uponthem without explanation I should have assumed theywere happy designs by Walter Deverell. Deverell ! he exclaimed, they are a thousand timesbetter than anything he ever did. I had thought thatto compare the attempts of Miss Siddal, who had on
Pre-Raphaelitism and the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood . ured in Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square ;and when all was arranged I went to a private was there, and immediately on my arrival calledme to come and see the stunning drawings that theSid (the name by which Miss Siddal went) had sent. Icomplimented them fully, and said that had I come uponthem without explanation I should have assumed theywere happy designs by Walter Deverell. Deverell ! he exclaimed, they are a thousand timesbetter than anything he ever did. I had thought thatto compare the attempts of Miss Siddal, who had onlyexercised herself in design for two years, and had had nofundamental training, to those of Gabriels dear deceasedfriend, who had satisfactorily gone through the drilling of VOL. II H 98 PRE-RAPHAELITISM AND THE chap. the Academy schools, would be taken as a compliment, butRossetti received it as an affront, and his querulous attitudeconfirmed me in the awakened painful suspicion that he wasseeking ground of complaint against his former EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN FOR COPHETUA. In non-painting days I was now preparing designsfor the illustrated edition of Tennyson. Millais had inScotland already done the greater part of his set for thevolume, and was still increasing his store. The publisher,Moxon, called upon me with many repinings that the bookwas so long delayed. I was steadily fulfilling my under-taking to do six illustrations and no other work, until IV PRE-RAPHAELITE BROTHERHOOD 99 they were completed. He revealed that his heart wassore about Rossetti, who having promised, had not sentany drawing, and now, when Moxon called, was not athome, and would not reply to letters. if r ^ / K ? • • r ? ? ^--.
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