The best bit is how Rossetti is roughly the same size and shape as the wombat, emphasising the wombat's humanity and/or the artist's wombatity. A tale as old as wombats.

Contribute to the blog! Take a look at the JVC Online blog (jvc.oup.com) to get a feel for previous contributions and our style. You can find our contributor guidelines at: jvc.oup.com/contributor-... #victorianculture #victorianliterature

Are you looking to share your love of nineteenth-century art & poetry? Join the lovely folks @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social, a warm and bright community who have supported my work since the beginning!

‘Looks so sizzling they could fry an egg!’ How the BBC’s Pride and Prejudice adaptation changed my life

Four decades. How I came to be featured in an eminent Art Journal. Read my full blog post on my story: salvadorcastio.com/beautiful-re... @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social @zzaman.bsky.social @alexxr97.bsky.social @suzannefagence.bsky.social @preraphaelicious.bsky.social @veryverso.bsky.social #art

It's been an Amazing week. After months of patiently waiting, I can finally reveal that I am the subject of a five-page article, In An Artist's Studio, in the new issue of the Pre-Raphaelite Society's PRS Review. My sincere thanks to @zzaman.bsky.social and @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social. #art

Cloaked in cascading bronze chiffon, the Summer Issue of the PRS Review/PRSUS Newsletter is out now! Crammed with essays that’ll whisk you away to 13thC Florence and marvels closer to home, astonishing art, poetry, architecture, book & exhibition reviews, opinion pieces and more! 💎

Thrilled to receive the summer edition of preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social PRS Review, and to see my new poem given such wonderful treatment. Being Poet-in-Residence to the PRS is an extraordinary honour. I'm sharing an obscured image here... no spoilers! 🧡🍂💛

My new series: Vision and Beauty. A 40-year journey with the Pre-Raphaelites in 3 parts. @zzaman.bsky.social @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social

Happy 196th birthday to Elizabeth Siddal. Her poetry was never published in her lifetime. Our edition of it is in bookstores on the 29th but pre-ordering everywhere now and also at ElizabethSiddal.com

Hi I’m Dr. Serena Trowbridge and for my final social media takeover post today, I wanted to share about an exciting new role, and the first of its kind- Professor of Pre-Raphaelite Studies- and how inspired I am by the current diversity of research and scholars involved in the field.

Hi I’m Dr. Serena Trowbridge, Chair of the Pre-Raphaelite Society and I’m taking over our social media today. I’ve been asked to share a few of my favourite Pre-Raphaelite artworks and current research interests:

Bluesky isn’t about popularity, it’s about gathering all 17 William Morris lovers together in a single online location!

I'm giddy and overjoyed to have won 1st prize in the Kathryn Bevis Memorial Prize. It was a privilege to be included on a shortlist packed with incredible writers, and I hope I get to read all of those poems at some point. Sincere thanks to the judges, I'm feeling very grateful.

It's about time we brought back tableaux vivants of Pre-Raphaelite art. And thigh tattoos. Probably not lemurs... fannycornforth.blogspot.com/2025/05/a-th... #tableauxvivants #preraphaelite #brightyoungthing #1920s

Brontë country to become protected national nature reserve. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A flourishing of foxgloves for Friday. ‘The foxglove bells, with lolling tongue, Will not reveal what peals were rung In Faery, in Faery, A thousand ages gone.’ Mary Webb Can you spot all the foxgloves in these three artworks?

New Lecture Alert! Saturday 17th May, Birmingham, UK. For more details and to buy tickets- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...

Got that Spring Glow? Swishing around in Silk, I’m delighted to announce this season’s PRS Review! We feature incredible essays, poems and reviews, exquisite art and 19thC stained-glass windows that will take your breath away!

Happy Mother’s Day to the moms, mums, mamas, stepmoms, aunts, grandmas, great grandmothers, guardians, godparents, cousins and all the women in our lives that raised us and continue to offer their support, love and guidance.

CFP: Working Pre-Raphaelites

Revolutionary Writers unite! Special Issue 🚨 Working Wonders: Work, Pre-Raphs and Utopian Visions. Welcome topics: Labour, Socialists, Suffragettes & Utopia. Email [email protected] for expressions of interest. @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social Deadline: 1st September 2025.

Call for Papers for our Autumn/ Winter edition!

There’s still tickets available for this fascinating talk this weekend.

English actress Ellen Terry born #OTD 1847, painted as Lady Macbeth by John Singer Sargent in 1888; her acclaimed emerald dress by aesthetic designer Alice Comyns Carr shimmered with iridescent wings of 1,000 jewel beetles. Tate Museum | Smallhythe, National Trust #sargentexhibition

Starting my day with a coffee and the clash ☕️ 🎵 open.spotify.com/track/6vcKP1...

Northumberland-born artist John Martin died #otd 1854 on the Isle of Man. From a working-class background, painted apocalyptic biblical scenes that became popular despite the art establishment's disdain. Pic: The Great Day of His Wrath, 1851 (Tate Britain).

New exhibition launching at the Guildhall Art Gallery, London, soon! One of the most remarkable artists of her generation, Evelyn De Morgan, is returning to Guildhall Art Gallery this April in an exhibition that premieres two newly restored artworks. Find out more: bit.ly/3QftfhI

@preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social @preraphaelicious.bsky.social @victstudies.bsky.social @thevicsoc.bsky.social @stroudstory.bsky.social @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social

Whether you're wallowing in DG Rossetti's winter-bitten wold or swooning among Swinburne's sonorous fruitless furrows, please join me for this new @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social podcast as I read brrrrilliant Pre-Raphaelite poems sparkling with snow on snow... www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/podcast

New event - just announced! On 12th Feb, join me for a private view of this stunning exhibition at #York Art Gallery, 6-8pm. I'll be talking about William Morris & the Beauty of the Earth. Tix available here: www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/whats-on/eve... #artsandcrafts @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social

Poems and Pre-Raphaelite art today to remind everyone that the deadline for our poetry competition is approaching, 30th January. PRS Poetry Prize- The three winning poems will be published in the Pre-Raphaelite Society’s Review, along with two Commended poems. t.co/HOqBUwkMVY

Dantes and Devotions, Beatrice and Dante, Siddal and Rossetti, for this #FeelingsFriday. Rossetti modeled Beatrice after his wife, fellow artist and poet, collaborator and frequent model, Elizabeth Siddal. Comparing his devotion to that of his namesake, the poet, Dante Alighieri.

A Merry Musical Rossetti Christmas! Thank you all for your support and passion for the Pre-Raphaelite movement and the Society this year. We hope you have the Christmas/holiday season you want, maybe listening to some carols like Rossetti. #merrychristmas #preraphaelites

Just chuckling to myself as Beatrice furiously descends in her fabulous car surrounded by angels to read #Dante the riot act in Canto 30 (Purgatorio). #FridayFeeling #amediting #ChristinaRossetti digitaldante.columbia.edu/dante/divine...

Cosseted in Psychedelic Chiffon, I’m thrilled to announce 📣 our Special Issue: Pre-Raphaelites on the Global Stage! We feature astounding poetry, reviews, essays from Scotland to New Zealand! @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social @sarahdoyle.bsky.social @serena-t.bsky.social

An early Christmas present just landed on our door mat! The latest PRS Review, our magazine, full of poetry, essays, book reviews, news on upcoming events and exhibitions and so much more. Become a member of the Pre-Raph Society and receive a copy of your own. See the link in our bio to join.

Gearing up for our trip to England for a book launch at the @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social on the 17th. Are you in England? Do you love Elizabeth Siddal? Do you love poetry? #photography #london #pre-raphaliete #ElizabethSiddal #Hasselblad #portraitmood #portraitphotgraphy

Christina Rossetti was born #otd in 1830. Her poem 'In the Bleak Midwinter' was originally published by Scribners in January 1872 as 'A Christmas Carol'. Gustav Holst set it to music in 1906. It was my father's favourite! @wikivictorian.bsky.social @19birkbeck.bsky.social @c19qmul.bsky.social

#VanessaBell exhibition at Milton Keynes is amazing! This is what I thought about it: cultureandanarchy.org/2024/12/03/v... #art #Bloomsbury #womensart

Did you know the Pre-Raphaelite Society runs three annual competitions? We would love you to get involved! One for poetry, one for art and one for essays. For more details, requirements, deadlines and prizes, check out our website here- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/competitions/

The year may be fading, but there's still PLENTY of time to enter the @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social Poetry Prize, for poems exploring the PRB. Closing on Dec 31st, Serena Trowbridge and I can’t wait to read your brilliant words. Please enter, please share! www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/competitions

Celestial Compositions and Divine Duets: Depictions of Saint Catherine of Alexandria today, to celebrate her feast day. These representations were formed by creative partnerships: from Rossetti and Siddal, to Jane and William Morris, and Maria Zambaco and Edward Burne-Jones. #preraphaelite

A rare jem! If you are in London this weekend pop by the William Morris Gallery for their sumptuous, thoughtful and unique exhibition on Morris and art from the Islamic World! ✨ Cannot recommend it highly enough Congrats to the curatorial team! 👏 #FridayFeeling #art #history #morris #islamicart

Bought a copy of Yeats’ Selected Poetry, and as I opened it out tumbled two intriguing clippings: The Irish Times notice on ‘Death of Mr W.B. Yeats’ & an Irish stamp from 1965 with an image of the poet. Lovely surprise! #secondhand #history #yeats #stamps #mondaymotivation