London - Red hair may be the genetic legacy of Neanderthals...

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[Pyro7480]

We'll have to tell 'em all about the exhumation sometime...

Are you talking about the fact that Rossetti buried all of the manuscripts of his early poems in Siddal's coffin, which were subseqeuently dig up at the convincing of his "friend" Charles Howell?

[Marysecretary]

Genes are always a mystery to me. My granddaughter looks like my late mother-in-law when she was her age, same shaped face and pouty mouth but she has her mom's teeth structure and smile. Interesting combination. I love mixtures. My dad had dark hair, almost black when he was young (Norwegian) and all of us grew up with blond hair.

[Marysecretary]

What a strange picture. Is she floating or dead? I'm not familiar with the story.

[beaver fever]

Thanks for jogging my memory. But I still recall Rossetti having a crush on Janey although it's been a long time since I saw the reference.

[sully777]

Interesting juxtaposition between the sundial and her (clears throat) apparent feelings of euphoria, as I note the well house to my right http://www.lyricsondemand.com/o/ozarkmountaindaredevilslyrics/jackiebluelyrics.html

[Pyro7480]

Ophelia is a character in Hamlet. You can read about the painting here.

[Sam Cree]

Is red hair a pre Raphaelite theme?

[Pyro7480]

You can definitely say it is a theme of sorts. In his first two paintings, Rossetti portrayed the Virgin Mary as a redhead.

[ValerieUSA]

Dunno who painted this:

[SunkenCiv]

That's the one. And... it's on topic too, because her red hair had reportedly continued to grow after death, filling most of the coffin, and had to be cut to remove the manuscript. ;')

[SunkenCiv]

Waterhouse I think.

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, they were half in the bag a lot. In Lizzie's case, [bad taste alert] she was all the way in the bag before the rest of 'em.

Google

[SunkenCiv]

ah, here's a photo of Lizzie...

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[SunkenCiv]

a second to what Pyro7480 said:

The Cult of Red Hair
Kylie Martin
http://www.morbidoutlook.com/fashion/articles/2001_02_redhair.html

[SunkenCiv]

John W Waterhouse, best known for:

http://www.dtalesminiatures.com/My%20Sweet%20Rose-J.W.Waterhouse.jpg
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/waterhouse/rose.jpg

ah... here's the one used for the bookcover:

http://www.20six.fr/pub/misterdids/lamia%201905%20Waterhouse.jpg

[ArrogantBustard]

Jessica isn't a Neanderthal...

She's just drawn that way.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

We do, or at least a ping list!

[Major_Risktaker]

Where are all the redheaded men out there? I know there have to be famous handsome men with red hair but I can't think of any

David Caruso is famous.

I don't know about handsome, that is up to you...

[Marysecretary]

Thanks, Pyro! It's a beautiful picture, even if the subject matter is strange.

[society-by-contract]

Thanks for the tip on Wilmington. Below is a link to Paglia's essay on pre-Raphaelite art:

http://privat.ub.uib.no/BUBSY/astro.htm