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How Dante Gabriel Rossetti came to be obsessed with wombats. Bonus links: a portrait of Rossetti's pet wombat (which was named after William Morris), Rossetti's portrait of Morris's wife (and Rossetti's mistress) "leading a wombat by a ribbon across the floor of heaven," and his memorial at its death, complete with a parody of Lalla Rookh.
Also, Arianna Savall sings "L'Amor."
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movingfinger, Top the Wombat dreams of Jane Morris.
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How Dante Gabriel Rossetti came to be obsessed with wombats. Bonus links: a portrait of Rossetti's pet wombat (which was named after William Morris), Rossetti's portrait of Morris's wife (and Rossetti's mistress) "leading a wombat by a ribbon across the floor of heaven," and his memorial at its death, complete with a parody of Lalla Rookh.
Also, Arianna Savall sings "L'Amor."
ETA: via
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Date: 3 June 2012 12:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 3 June 2012 03:32 am (UTC)---L.