In 1854, at a time when divorce was considered taboo, Effie Gray went to court to annul her marriage to art critic John Ruskin. Gray cited the non-consummation of their wedding vows as justification ...
Natalie Hegert on the real-life women who inspired some of the 19th century’s most enduringly popular art — set to star in July auctions. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Lady Lilith, 1867, watercolor ...
Winifred Sandys, "White Mayde of Avenel" (after 1902), watercolor on vellum, 8 × 6 inches. Delaware Art Museum, Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial, 1935 (all images courtesy Delaware Art Museum) ...