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To: SunkenCiv
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?

281 posted on 01/17/2005 9:22:11 AM PST by Pyro7480 ("All my own perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded upon Our Lady." - Tolkien)
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To: Pyro7480

Is red hair a pre Raphaelite theme?


287 posted on 01/17/2005 10:02:35 AM PST by Sam Cree (Democrats are herd animals)
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To: Pyro7480

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. ;')


290 posted on 01/17/2005 11:20:40 AM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on January 13, 2005)
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