Self-portrait — Elizabeth Siddal

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Artist: Elizabeth Siddal
Date: 1854

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THE ARTIST

Elizabeth Siddal

1829–1862 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The red-haired muse who nearly caught pneumonia posing as Ophelia—then became an artist herself.

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