'Millais' Ophelia or the Body in the Bath.'

THIS LECTURE WILL BE DELIVERED VIA ZOOM.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS ONLY ONLINE AND NOT HYBRID.

This lecture is based around Elizabeth Siddall and the painting 'Ophelia' by John Everett Millais

A new look at one of the most famous Pre-Raphaelite myths and artistic legends; the story of "the body in the bath". I re-examine the story in which the model, Elizabeth Siddal, reclined in a portable tub of cooling water through the re-examination of Millais' drawings and insights from history of dress and sports science.

Deborah Cherry is Professor Emerita of Art History at Central St. Martins. She has published on nineteenth-century art and on contemporary art, including 'Art into Life: Essays on Tracy Emin', co-edited with Alexandra Kokoli (Bloomsbury, 2020).