Pre-Raphaelite Society
@preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social
The Pre-Raphaelite Society is the international society for the study and appreciation of the Pre-Raphaelite movement and its followers. #PreRaphaeliteSociety
https://www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org
https://www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org
To commemorate Remembrance Sunday is this painting of peace, ‘Peace Concluded’, John Everett Millais, 1856. Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Millais shows a wounded British officer reading The Times newspaper's report of the end of the Crimean War.
Millais shows a wounded British officer reading The Times newspaper's report of the end of the Crimean War.
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
To commemorate Remembrance Sunday is this painting of peace, ‘Peace Concluded’, John Everett Millais, 1856. Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Millais shows a wounded British officer reading The Times newspaper's report of the end of the Crimean War.
Millais shows a wounded British officer reading The Times newspaper's report of the end of the Crimean War.
Happy Guy Fawkes/Bonfire Night with Edward Burne-Jones and Evelyn De Morgan paintings of ‘Hero’ and her torch of light.
In the Greek myth of Hero and Leander, Hero, a priestess, uses a torch from her tower to guide her lover Leander as he swims across the Hellespont strait to meet her in secret.
In the Greek myth of Hero and Leander, Hero, a priestess, uses a torch from her tower to guide her lover Leander as he swims across the Hellespont strait to meet her in secret.
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Happy Guy Fawkes/Bonfire Night with Edward Burne-Jones and Evelyn De Morgan paintings of ‘Hero’ and her torch of light.
In the Greek myth of Hero and Leander, Hero, a priestess, uses a torch from her tower to guide her lover Leander as he swims across the Hellespont strait to meet her in secret.
In the Greek myth of Hero and Leander, Hero, a priestess, uses a torch from her tower to guide her lover Leander as he swims across the Hellespont strait to meet her in secret.
Thanks so much to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery for giving us a preview of the new Pre-Raphaelite galleries opening tomorrow! With four galleries there’s lots to see.
Which artworks are you excited to see?
Which artworks are you excited to see?
October 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Thanks so much to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery for giving us a preview of the new Pre-Raphaelite galleries opening tomorrow! With four galleries there’s lots to see.
Which artworks are you excited to see?
Which artworks are you excited to see?
The Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery Pre-Raphaelite galleries are reopening tomorrow, after extensive building work.
The gallery is also celebrating a new acquisition, this Emma Sandys artwork, which was previously on loan.
Will you be visiting?
The gallery is also celebrating a new acquisition, this Emma Sandys artwork, which was previously on loan.
Will you be visiting?
October 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery Pre-Raphaelite galleries are reopening tomorrow, after extensive building work.
The gallery is also celebrating a new acquisition, this Emma Sandys artwork, which was previously on loan.
Will you be visiting?
The gallery is also celebrating a new acquisition, this Emma Sandys artwork, which was previously on loan.
Will you be visiting?
Opening tomorrow, the new Pre-Raphaelite galleries at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. After extensive renovations, these four galleries, with over sixty artworks on display, are reopening.
Are you excited to visit?
Are you excited to visit?
October 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Opening tomorrow, the new Pre-Raphaelite galleries at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. After extensive renovations, these four galleries, with over sixty artworks on display, are reopening.
Are you excited to visit?
Are you excited to visit?
November Lecture Alert:
‘The Beauty of the Earth: the Art of May and William Morris’
Given by @suzannefagence.bsky.social
13:00, Saturday 22nd November
The Birmingham and Midland Institute.
Follow the link to our website in our bio, and click the events page to book.
‘The Beauty of the Earth: the Art of May and William Morris’
Given by @suzannefagence.bsky.social
13:00, Saturday 22nd November
The Birmingham and Midland Institute.
Follow the link to our website in our bio, and click the events page to book.
October 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
November Lecture Alert:
‘The Beauty of the Earth: the Art of May and William Morris’
Given by @suzannefagence.bsky.social
13:00, Saturday 22nd November
The Birmingham and Midland Institute.
Follow the link to our website in our bio, and click the events page to book.
‘The Beauty of the Earth: the Art of May and William Morris’
Given by @suzannefagence.bsky.social
13:00, Saturday 22nd November
The Birmingham and Midland Institute.
Follow the link to our website in our bio, and click the events page to book.
Happy Diwali! To celebrate the Hindu, Jain and Sikh festival of light; depictions of stars twinkling in the night sky.
1. 🖼️ ‘Night’, Edward Robert Hughes.
2. 🖼️ Study for “The Hours” mural, Edwin Austin Abbey, 1897.
3. 🖼️ ‘Dantis Amor’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1860, @tate.bsky.social.
1. 🖼️ ‘Night’, Edward Robert Hughes.
2. 🖼️ Study for “The Hours” mural, Edwin Austin Abbey, 1897.
3. 🖼️ ‘Dantis Amor’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1860, @tate.bsky.social.
October 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Happy Diwali! To celebrate the Hindu, Jain and Sikh festival of light; depictions of stars twinkling in the night sky.
1. 🖼️ ‘Night’, Edward Robert Hughes.
2. 🖼️ Study for “The Hours” mural, Edwin Austin Abbey, 1897.
3. 🖼️ ‘Dantis Amor’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1860, @tate.bsky.social.
1. 🖼️ ‘Night’, Edward Robert Hughes.
2. 🖼️ Study for “The Hours” mural, Edwin Austin Abbey, 1897.
3. 🖼️ ‘Dantis Amor’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1860, @tate.bsky.social.
Black cats for this October #ThursdayTheme.
1. 🖼️’The Wine of Circe’, Edward Burne-Jones, 1863 - 1869.
2. 🖼️’Early Days’, John Everett Millais, 1873.
3. 🖼️’The Love Potion’, Evelyn De Morgan, 1903.
1. 🖼️’The Wine of Circe’, Edward Burne-Jones, 1863 - 1869.
2. 🖼️’Early Days’, John Everett Millais, 1873.
3. 🖼️’The Love Potion’, Evelyn De Morgan, 1903.
October 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Black cats for this October #ThursdayTheme.
1. 🖼️’The Wine of Circe’, Edward Burne-Jones, 1863 - 1869.
2. 🖼️’Early Days’, John Everett Millais, 1873.
3. 🖼️’The Love Potion’, Evelyn De Morgan, 1903.
1. 🖼️’The Wine of Circe’, Edward Burne-Jones, 1863 - 1869.
2. 🖼️’Early Days’, John Everett Millais, 1873.
3. 🖼️’The Love Potion’, Evelyn De Morgan, 1903.
Thanks so much to @preraphsrule.bsky.social for giving our Founders Day Lecture on Christina Rossetti and Caring at the Birmingham and Midland Institute yesterday. Just after our annual AGM.
Become a member of the society today to hear more about our other future lectures- link in our bio.
Become a member of the society today to hear more about our other future lectures- link in our bio.
October 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Thanks so much to @preraphsrule.bsky.social for giving our Founders Day Lecture on Christina Rossetti and Caring at the Birmingham and Midland Institute yesterday. Just after our annual AGM.
Become a member of the society today to hear more about our other future lectures- link in our bio.
Become a member of the society today to hear more about our other future lectures- link in our bio.
#SongbirdSaturday, to celebrate a certain Swift releasing new music.
1. 🖼️ ‘Love’s Messenger’, Marie Spartali Stillman, 1885, Delaware Art Museum.
2. 🖼️ ‘Veronica Veronese’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1872, Del Art Museum.
3. 🖼️ ‘The Blessed Damozel’, Edward Burne-Jones, c.1856, Harvard Art Museums.
1. 🖼️ ‘Love’s Messenger’, Marie Spartali Stillman, 1885, Delaware Art Museum.
2. 🖼️ ‘Veronica Veronese’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1872, Del Art Museum.
3. 🖼️ ‘The Blessed Damozel’, Edward Burne-Jones, c.1856, Harvard Art Museums.
October 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
#SongbirdSaturday, to celebrate a certain Swift releasing new music.
1. 🖼️ ‘Love’s Messenger’, Marie Spartali Stillman, 1885, Delaware Art Museum.
2. 🖼️ ‘Veronica Veronese’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1872, Del Art Museum.
3. 🖼️ ‘The Blessed Damozel’, Edward Burne-Jones, c.1856, Harvard Art Museums.
1. 🖼️ ‘Love’s Messenger’, Marie Spartali Stillman, 1885, Delaware Art Museum.
2. 🖼️ ‘Veronica Veronese’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1872, Del Art Museum.
3. 🖼️ ‘The Blessed Damozel’, Edward Burne-Jones, c.1856, Harvard Art Museums.
Embracing Autumn, open armed and excited, for today’s #TuesdayThought.
1. 🖼️ ‘Autumn Leaves’, John Everett Millais, 1856.
2. 🖼️ ‘Autumn’, William Stott, c.1898.
3. 🖼️ Detail from ‘An English Autumn Afternoon’, Ford Madox Brown, 1854.
1. 🖼️ ‘Autumn Leaves’, John Everett Millais, 1856.
2. 🖼️ ‘Autumn’, William Stott, c.1898.
3. 🖼️ Detail from ‘An English Autumn Afternoon’, Ford Madox Brown, 1854.
September 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Embracing Autumn, open armed and excited, for today’s #TuesdayThought.
1. 🖼️ ‘Autumn Leaves’, John Everett Millais, 1856.
2. 🖼️ ‘Autumn’, William Stott, c.1898.
3. 🖼️ Detail from ‘An English Autumn Afternoon’, Ford Madox Brown, 1854.
1. 🖼️ ‘Autumn Leaves’, John Everett Millais, 1856.
2. 🖼️ ‘Autumn’, William Stott, c.1898.
3. 🖼️ Detail from ‘An English Autumn Afternoon’, Ford Madox Brown, 1854.
Thanks to everyone that came and contributed to the Pre-Raphaelite study day yesterday.
Fascinating day and great to see so much energy, enthusiasm and expertise in the field of Pre-Raphaelite studies.
Fascinating day and great to see so much energy, enthusiasm and expertise in the field of Pre-Raphaelite studies.
September 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Thanks to everyone that came and contributed to the Pre-Raphaelite study day yesterday.
Fascinating day and great to see so much energy, enthusiasm and expertise in the field of Pre-Raphaelite studies.
Fascinating day and great to see so much energy, enthusiasm and expertise in the field of Pre-Raphaelite studies.
Just a reminder of the conference tomorrow
‘Why does Pre-Raphaelitism matter now? Contemporary interventions in art and literature’.
Date and Location: starting at 9am, Sat 20 Sept 2025, Birmingham and Midland Institute, UK.
For all the details: www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
‘Why does Pre-Raphaelitism matter now? Contemporary interventions in art and literature’.
Date and Location: starting at 9am, Sat 20 Sept 2025, Birmingham and Midland Institute, UK.
For all the details: www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
September 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Just a reminder of the conference tomorrow
‘Why does Pre-Raphaelitism matter now? Contemporary interventions in art and literature’.
Date and Location: starting at 9am, Sat 20 Sept 2025, Birmingham and Midland Institute, UK.
For all the details: www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
‘Why does Pre-Raphaelitism matter now? Contemporary interventions in art and literature’.
Date and Location: starting at 9am, Sat 20 Sept 2025, Birmingham and Midland Institute, UK.
For all the details: www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/event-detail...
🖼️ 🚨 ART HISTORY NEWS: One of Evelyn DeMorgan’s Gold Drawings, thought lost, has been found! Edith Charlesworth tells us about the identification process behind her discovery in the Summer Issue of the PRS Review, hot off the press.
Become a member at www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/memberships/
Become a member at www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/memberships/
August 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🖼️ 🚨 ART HISTORY NEWS: One of Evelyn DeMorgan’s Gold Drawings, thought lost, has been found! Edith Charlesworth tells us about the identification process behind her discovery in the Summer Issue of the PRS Review, hot off the press.
Become a member at www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/memberships/
Become a member at www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/memberships/
#SwiftieSunday- a trio of posts of Taylor album covers and our Pre-Raphaelite pairings.
Taylor Swift’s first track on ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ is ‘Fate of Ophelia,’ and with this cover we can see the Millais and Pre-Raphaelite references clearly.
🖼️ ‘Ophelia’, John Everett Millais, 1851-52, Tate.
Taylor Swift’s first track on ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ is ‘Fate of Ophelia,’ and with this cover we can see the Millais and Pre-Raphaelite references clearly.
🖼️ ‘Ophelia’, John Everett Millais, 1851-52, Tate.
August 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#SwiftieSunday- a trio of posts of Taylor album covers and our Pre-Raphaelite pairings.
Taylor Swift’s first track on ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ is ‘Fate of Ophelia,’ and with this cover we can see the Millais and Pre-Raphaelite references clearly.
🖼️ ‘Ophelia’, John Everett Millais, 1851-52, Tate.
Taylor Swift’s first track on ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ is ‘Fate of Ophelia,’ and with this cover we can see the Millais and Pre-Raphaelite references clearly.
🖼️ ‘Ophelia’, John Everett Millais, 1851-52, Tate.
#SwiftieSunday- a trio of Taylor album covers posts and our Pre-Raphaelite pairings.
The depiction of Christina in a rage, due to a review of her poetry in The Times, works well with Taylor’s ‘Reputation’ album and its themes of scrutiny and press attention on women.
The depiction of Christina in a rage, due to a review of her poetry in The Times, works well with Taylor’s ‘Reputation’ album and its themes of scrutiny and press attention on women.
August 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#SwiftieSunday- a trio of Taylor album covers posts and our Pre-Raphaelite pairings.
The depiction of Christina in a rage, due to a review of her poetry in The Times, works well with Taylor’s ‘Reputation’ album and its themes of scrutiny and press attention on women.
The depiction of Christina in a rage, due to a review of her poetry in The Times, works well with Taylor’s ‘Reputation’ album and its themes of scrutiny and press attention on women.
#FelineFriday today for #InternationalCatDay.
1. 🖼️ ‘The Awakening Conscience’, William Holman Hunt, 1853, @tate.bsky.social
2. 🖼️ ‘Old Woman by the Fire’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1846, Wightwick Manor & Gardens.
3. 🖼️ ‘The Love Potion’, Evelyn De Morgan, 1903, @demorganfoundation.bsky.social.
1. 🖼️ ‘The Awakening Conscience’, William Holman Hunt, 1853, @tate.bsky.social
2. 🖼️ ‘Old Woman by the Fire’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1846, Wightwick Manor & Gardens.
3. 🖼️ ‘The Love Potion’, Evelyn De Morgan, 1903, @demorganfoundation.bsky.social.
August 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
#FelineFriday today for #InternationalCatDay.
1. 🖼️ ‘The Awakening Conscience’, William Holman Hunt, 1853, @tate.bsky.social
2. 🖼️ ‘Old Woman by the Fire’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1846, Wightwick Manor & Gardens.
3. 🖼️ ‘The Love Potion’, Evelyn De Morgan, 1903, @demorganfoundation.bsky.social.
1. 🖼️ ‘The Awakening Conscience’, William Holman Hunt, 1853, @tate.bsky.social
2. 🖼️ ‘Old Woman by the Fire’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1846, Wightwick Manor & Gardens.
3. 🖼️ ‘The Love Potion’, Evelyn De Morgan, 1903, @demorganfoundation.bsky.social.
New Pre-Raphaelite Exhibition Announcement!
At Perth Art Gallery, ‘Millais in Perthshire’, explores the relationship between Millais and Perthshire, Scotland. The exhibition is the result of a long-term loan of a private collection of 300 artworks belonging to the artist and his wife.
At Perth Art Gallery, ‘Millais in Perthshire’, explores the relationship between Millais and Perthshire, Scotland. The exhibition is the result of a long-term loan of a private collection of 300 artworks belonging to the artist and his wife.
August 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
New Pre-Raphaelite Exhibition Announcement!
At Perth Art Gallery, ‘Millais in Perthshire’, explores the relationship between Millais and Perthshire, Scotland. The exhibition is the result of a long-term loan of a private collection of 300 artworks belonging to the artist and his wife.
At Perth Art Gallery, ‘Millais in Perthshire’, explores the relationship between Millais and Perthshire, Scotland. The exhibition is the result of a long-term loan of a private collection of 300 artworks belonging to the artist and his wife.
Happy World Embroidery Day with some Morris Magic.
1. 🖼️ ‘Poesis’, William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones, C.1880, @ngvmelbourne.bsky.social.
2. 🖼️ ‘Bed-Hangings’, 1917, May Morris, @cranbrookartmuseum.bsky.social
3. 🖼️ ‘The Forest’, tapestry, William Morris, 1887, V&A.
1. 🖼️ ‘Poesis’, William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones, C.1880, @ngvmelbourne.bsky.social.
2. 🖼️ ‘Bed-Hangings’, 1917, May Morris, @cranbrookartmuseum.bsky.social
3. 🖼️ ‘The Forest’, tapestry, William Morris, 1887, V&A.
July 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Happy World Embroidery Day with some Morris Magic.
1. 🖼️ ‘Poesis’, William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones, C.1880, @ngvmelbourne.bsky.social.
2. 🖼️ ‘Bed-Hangings’, 1917, May Morris, @cranbrookartmuseum.bsky.social
3. 🖼️ ‘The Forest’, tapestry, William Morris, 1887, V&A.
1. 🖼️ ‘Poesis’, William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones, C.1880, @ngvmelbourne.bsky.social.
2. 🖼️ ‘Bed-Hangings’, 1917, May Morris, @cranbrookartmuseum.bsky.social
3. 🖼️ ‘The Forest’, tapestry, William Morris, 1887, V&A.
Today’s Art UK #OnlineArtExchange theme is film and cinema, so we are raising the red velvet curtain on the Victorian actress Louisa Ruth Herbert (1831-1921).
An actress and manager, she was also a model for Dante Gabriel Rossetti and sat for him often between 1858 and 1860.
An actress and manager, she was also a model for Dante Gabriel Rossetti and sat for him often between 1858 and 1860.
July 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today’s Art UK #OnlineArtExchange theme is film and cinema, so we are raising the red velvet curtain on the Victorian actress Louisa Ruth Herbert (1831-1921).
An actress and manager, she was also a model for Dante Gabriel Rossetti and sat for him often between 1858 and 1860.
An actress and manager, she was also a model for Dante Gabriel Rossetti and sat for him often between 1858 and 1860.
#StaringSaturday, we are staring at you until you submit an abstract for the next round of the Pre-Raphaelite Graduate Network Scheme, to deliver a 20 minute PowerPoint presentation on your current research.
The deadline to submit your abstract is Fri 18 July to PRSgraduatenetwork@gmail.com.
The deadline to submit your abstract is Fri 18 July to PRSgraduatenetwork@gmail.com.
July 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
#StaringSaturday, we are staring at you until you submit an abstract for the next round of the Pre-Raphaelite Graduate Network Scheme, to deliver a 20 minute PowerPoint presentation on your current research.
The deadline to submit your abstract is Fri 18 July to PRSgraduatenetwork@gmail.com.
The deadline to submit your abstract is Fri 18 July to PRSgraduatenetwork@gmail.com.
#ThursdayTrees, Pre-Raphaelite arboreal artworks.
We are celebrating trees as the Woodland Trust describes them as ‘the ultimate multi-taskers in the fight against climate change.’ The UK’s woodlands store one billion tonnes of carbon in trees, dead wood, leaf litter and soil!
We are celebrating trees as the Woodland Trust describes them as ‘the ultimate multi-taskers in the fight against climate change.’ The UK’s woodlands store one billion tonnes of carbon in trees, dead wood, leaf litter and soil!
July 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
#ThursdayTrees, Pre-Raphaelite arboreal artworks.
We are celebrating trees as the Woodland Trust describes them as ‘the ultimate multi-taskers in the fight against climate change.’ The UK’s woodlands store one billion tonnes of carbon in trees, dead wood, leaf litter and soil!
We are celebrating trees as the Woodland Trust describes them as ‘the ultimate multi-taskers in the fight against climate change.’ The UK’s woodlands store one billion tonnes of carbon in trees, dead wood, leaf litter and soil!
We are adding a new artist to our virtual gallery today - Henry John Stock - who drew inspiration from the Symbolists and the Pre-Raphaelites. Stock celebrated the feats and fancies of the imagination in his art. #TuesdayThoughts …
July 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We are adding a new artist to our virtual gallery today - Henry John Stock - who drew inspiration from the Symbolists and the Pre-Raphaelites. Stock celebrated the feats and fancies of the imagination in his art. #TuesdayThoughts …
Magic and Midsummer: celebrating the season of summer today.
1. 🖼️’Midsummer Eve’, Edward Robert Hughes, 1908.
2. 🖼️ ‘Midsummer’s Eve: A Reverence to Roses’, John Henry Lorimer, 1905, National Trust for Scotland.
3. 🖼️ ‘Hermia and Lysander, A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, John Simmons, 1870.
1. 🖼️’Midsummer Eve’, Edward Robert Hughes, 1908.
2. 🖼️ ‘Midsummer’s Eve: A Reverence to Roses’, John Henry Lorimer, 1905, National Trust for Scotland.
3. 🖼️ ‘Hermia and Lysander, A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, John Simmons, 1870.
July 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Magic and Midsummer: celebrating the season of summer today.
1. 🖼️’Midsummer Eve’, Edward Robert Hughes, 1908.
2. 🖼️ ‘Midsummer’s Eve: A Reverence to Roses’, John Henry Lorimer, 1905, National Trust for Scotland.
3. 🖼️ ‘Hermia and Lysander, A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, John Simmons, 1870.
1. 🖼️’Midsummer Eve’, Edward Robert Hughes, 1908.
2. 🖼️ ‘Midsummer’s Eve: A Reverence to Roses’, John Henry Lorimer, 1905, National Trust for Scotland.
3. 🖼️ ‘Hermia and Lysander, A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, John Simmons, 1870.
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.
July 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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.