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BBC Sounds Lizzie Siddal

Struck by her good looks and her pale copper hair, the Pre-Raphaelite painters made Lizzie Siddal one of the best known faces of the Victorian era. An artist’s model from the London slums, she also made her mark as a poet and artist.

This is her extraordinary story – written in five parts by Lucinda Hawksley.

  • Read by Susannah Harker
  • Producer Elizabeth Allard
  • First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004