The Pre-Raphaelite Podcast

The Legacy of Fanny Eaton

Fanny Eaton remains a significant figure in both art history and black history. Long overlooked and underappreciated, Fanny Eaton recently received the honour of a blue plaque to celebrate her life. In this episode, Brian Eaton, Fanny's great-grandson tells us the story of his valuable research into her life and contribution to the Pre-Raphaelites. For more information and to subscribe to the Pre-Raphaelite Society, please visit www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org 
 
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The Fall and Rise of Fanny Cornforth

The wonderful Kirsty Stonell Walker talks to the team about the life and times of Fanny Cornforth. Possibly the most underappreciated of Rossetti's 'stunners', Fanny's life and contribution to Pre-Raphaelitism has undergone a radical reassessment in Kirsty Stonell Walker's latest work Stunner: The Fall and Rise of Fanny Cornforth .

’A Young Teacher’ Rebecca Solomon, 1861

Dr Jan Marsh, one of the most eminent scholars of Pre-Raphaelitism, speaks to us about the temporary export bar on Rebecca Solomon's important work 'A Young Teacher'. An important work in Jewish, Black and Women's history, Jan Marsh outlines what the export bar might mean for the future of the painting.  
 
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A Christmas Gathering!

The Pre-Raphaelite Podcast team get back together for this special episode. We discuss the successes of the last few months, laugh about a few particular highlights and look forward to the next year. 
Expect Burne-Jones, D.G. Rossetti, Robert Braithwaite Martineau, wombats, Muppets and...taxidermy! 
 
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Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry: A Treasure Trove of Victorian Poetry

The project manager, Dr Alison Chapman speaks about the treasure trove that is Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry (DVPP). A labour of love, this website has archived thousands of nineteenth-century periodical poems. Dr Alison Chapman tells us about the website, the role of periodicals and how poems were selected and presented, with a particular focus of Christina Rossetti's beautifully illustrated 'A Christmas Carol'.
Find the DVPP here: https://dvpp.uvic.ca/index.html 

Scented Visions: Smell in Art 1850-1914

How can you smell a painting? In her latest wonderful work, Dr Christina Bradstreet shows us how scent was exploited for its synesthetic potential in Pre-Raphaelite artworks. Despite possibly being among the most neglected of our senses, Dr Christina Bradstreet helps us to understand how we can use perceptions of scent to explore paintings in a new way. 
 
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Make It New: The Pre-Raphaelites and The Modernists

In this episode, Hannah Comer talks to Karl about the ways in which the Pre-Raphaelites and the Modernists shared a number of processes in their creation of art and poetry. Myth-making, reshaping ideas of beauty, breaking from what has gone before and 'making it new' are just some of the continuities explored. 

At Home With Jane Morris

Sheri and Ester are joined by Suzanne Fagence Cooper whose latest work 'How We Might Live: At Home With Jane and William Morris' explores the enormous legacies of the Morris family. In this episode, Suzanne explains to us why the stories, works and lives of Jane Morris, Effie Gray and John Ruskin matter! 

’The Legend of King Arthur’

Natalie Rigby speaks to Hannah about curating the wonderful exhibition 'The Legend of King Arthur'. Always a popular subject for Pre-Raphaelite enthusiasts, Natalie shares how the exhibition came into being and how Cornwall is uniquely tied to both Arthurian legends and Pre-Raphaelitism. 
'The Legend of King Arthur' exhibition is currently at the William Morris Gallery, moving on to Tullie House, Carlisle in February 2023 and on to Falmouth Art Gallery in Cornwall in June 2023. 

Studying the Pre-Raphaelites

Our special guest Jordan Welsh chats with Alex and Karl about studying for a PhD in the Pre-Raphaelites. All are at different stages of their journey and offer some reflections, advice and handy hints for staying sane. 
 
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