A museum in Liverpool is seeking information on a mysterious young subject in a painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist William Lindsay Windus. Known only as The Black Boy, the identity of the individual depicted in torn clothing remains a mystery. The sitter could be one of many children of colour in Liverpool at the time, including some who… Continue reading Liverpool museum appeals for information on subject of The Black Boy
Author: Donna Ferguson
‘Constant diarrhoea’ and other excuses: Rossetti’s five years of apologies for unfinished art revealed
The Lady Lever Art Gallery in Port Sunlight, Wirral, is set to exhibit a little-known letter from the artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti in which he sought to escape a difficult meeting with a patron by claiming to have ‘constant diarrhoea.’ Sent 155 years ago, the letter will be exhibited alongside a celebrated Rossetti painting that… Continue reading ‘Constant diarrhoea’ and other excuses: Rossetti’s five years of apologies for unfinished art revealed