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Portrait of Siordet by Glyn Philpot, via Leicester Galleries The remarkable appearance on ebay of an Earthly Paradise volume signed by Jane Morris to one Gerald C.  Siordet raises a question for some of us: who was Siordet? Siordet was an aspiring poet, artist, and critic when he died in Mesopotamia in 1917, becoming yet another victim of the "Great War." Before he died, he'd befriended many London artists,  including  Glyn Philpot, John Singer Sargent, and Brian Hatton, all of whom  created portraits of him. His most lasting legacy, perhaps, is his bittersweet poem, "To the  Dead."  To the Dead By Gerald Caldwell Siordet (Killed in action February 9, 1917) ONCE in the days that may not come again The sun has shone for us on English fields, Since we have marked the years with thanksgiving, Nor been ungrateful for the loveliness Which is our England, then tho' we walk no more The woods together, lie in the grass no more. For us the long grass blows, the wo

Join exhibition curators Constance McPhee, Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints, and Alison Hokanson, Research Associate in the Department of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum for a tour of the exhibition, The Pre-Raphaelite Legacy: British Art and Design at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Friday, October 10 th at 10:30am. The exhibition, The Pre-Raphaelite Legacy: British Art and Design, brings together some thirty objects from across the Museum and from local private collections to highlight the second generation of the Pre-Raphaelites, focusing on the key figures Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Paintings, drawings, furniture, ceramics, stained glass, textiles, and book illustrations from the 1860s through the 1890s, many united for the first time, demonstrate the enduring impact of Pre-Raphaelite ideals as they were adapted by different artists and developed across a range of media. At a time of renewed appreciation for art o

Today, we're honored to have a guest post by the Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Curator at the Morgan Library & Museum. Bevan shares with us a description of the Morgan's Morris holdings; some of her favorite items in the collection; and thoughts on Morris's techniques, collaborations, and legacy within the book world.           I’m part of a three-person curatorial department at the Morgan Library & Museum under the leadership of John Bidwell. Together we take care of 85,000+ volumes of printed books—from Gutenberg’s 42-line bible to the most recent work by artist-typographer Russell Maret. The Morgan’s twin mission (library and museum) requires us to work to some degree with the entire history of print. As Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Curator, I work most closely with the modern end of the spectrum.          When asked, art historians often cite Edouard Manet as a progenitor of modern art. Such a figure is more difficult to identify in our field because of competing his

Lancelot and Guinevere (1873) by Julia Margaret Cameron,  in the collection of the Delaware Art Museum The University of Delaware Library and the  Delaware Art Museum invite applications for the 2015 joint Fellowship in Pre-Raphaelite Studies . This one-month Fellowship is intended for scholars working on the Pre-Raphaelites and their associates. Up to $3,000 is available. The Delaware Art Museum is home to the most important collection of Pre-Raphaelite art in the US. Assembled largely by Samuel Bancroft, Jr., the collection includes paintings, works on paper, decorative arts, manuscripts, and letters, and is augmented by the museum’s Helen Farr Sloan art library. With comprehensive holdings in books, periodicals, electronic resources, and microforms, the University of Delaware Library is a major resource for the study of literature and art. The Special Collections Department contains material related to the Pre-Raphaelites, who are also well-represented in the Mark Samuels Lasner C