The Pre-Raphaelites and Their World

Drawn from Some Reminiscences and other writings, this selection of William Michael Rossetti's memoirs describes the Rossetti household and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood from the inside. He recalls Dante Gabriel and Christina, the 1848 compact with Holman Hunt and Millais, studio practice, models, reviews, and later acquaintances in the wider Victorian art world. The pieces are first-person recollections rather than a systematic history of pictures. Settings are London rooms, exhibitions, and family life. The book is a participant's memoir of a painters' circle, not a catalogue of works and not a novel of Bohemia.

Bound in dark purple cloth blocked in gold and printed in red, green and blue-green with a design by David Eccles. Red endleaves. Red slipcase. The Presentation Volume for 1996.