A Pre-Raphaelite Marriage The Lives and Works of Marie Spartali Stillman and William James Stillman

As occasional model for Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones, Marie Spartali Stillman (1844-1927) remains a well-known face of the Pre-Raphaelite era. William James Stillman (1828-1901) founded and edited The Crayon , the first successful American fine art journal. Stillman painted with members of the Hudson River school and was a pioneering and creative photographer.

The grandson of Charles Fairfax Murray, David B. Elliott was educated at Marlborough College, Oxford, where he read Humanities. He went on to serve in Military Intelliegence in Austria as an analyst and cryptographer. Following army service, he made a successful career in communications and marketing. David has written and lectured extensively on the subject of the Pre-Raphaelites and is the author of The Unknown Pre-Raphaelite: Charles Fairfax Murray published in 2000. He is a member of the National Gallery History Group, a Freeman of the City of London and Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers.