William Michael Rossetti
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art critic
biographer
editor
founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
human
literary critic
writer
William Michael Rossetti was a British writer, critic, and founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, known for editing and promoting the works of his brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti and other Pre-Raphaelite artists.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: William Michael Rossetti Context triple: [Dante Gabriel Rossetti, sibling, William Michael Rossetti]
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Gabriele Rossetti
Gabriele Rossetti was an Italian poet and political exile who became a noted Dante scholar and the patriarch of the Rossetti artistic and literary family in Victorian England.
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a 19th-century English poet, painter, and founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, known for his richly symbolic, medieval-inspired artworks and verse.
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Evelyn De Morgan
Evelyn De Morgan was a British painter associated with the later Pre-Raphaelite movement, known for her allegorical, spiritually themed works and strong, symbolically portrayed female figures.
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Elizabeth Siddal
Elizabeth Siddal was an English artist, poet, and iconic model closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, renowned for her ethereal beauty and tragic life.
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Christina Rossetti
Christina Rossetti was a prominent 19th-century English poet best known for her lyrical, devotional, and children’s verse, including the poem "Goblin Market."
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: William Michael Rossetti Target entity description: William Michael Rossetti was a British writer, critic, and founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, known for editing and promoting the works of his brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti and other Pre-Raphaelite artists.
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A.
Gabriele Rossetti
Gabriele Rossetti was an Italian poet and political exile who became a noted Dante scholar and the patriarch of the Rossetti artistic and literary family in Victorian England.
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B.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a 19th-century English poet, painter, and founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, known for his richly symbolic, medieval-inspired artworks and verse.
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C.
Evelyn De Morgan
Evelyn De Morgan was a British painter associated with the later Pre-Raphaelite movement, known for her allegorical, spiritually themed works and strong, symbolically portrayed female figures.
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D.
Elizabeth Siddal
Elizabeth Siddal was an English artist, poet, and iconic model closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, renowned for her ethereal beauty and tragic life.
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E.
Christina Rossetti
Christina Rossetti was a prominent 19th-century English poet best known for her lyrical, devotional, and children’s verse, including the poem "Goblin Market."
- F. None of above. chosen
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Subject: William Michael Rossetti Description of subject: William Michael Rossetti was a British writer, critic, and founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, known for editing and promoting the works of his brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti and other Pre-Raphaelite artists.
Referenced by (44)
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The Germ: Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art
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editor
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William Michael Rossetti
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publishing the literary magazine The Germ
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Madox Brown family
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Ruskin: Rossetti: Pre-Raphaelitism (editorial work)
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Ruskin: Rossetti: Pre-Raphaelitism (editorial work)
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Ruskin: Rossetti: Pre-Raphaelitism (editorial work)
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Polidori family