Literature · Art · 1828–1882

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Victorian painter and poet who co-founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

Did you know?He famously buried a book of his poems in his wife's coffin, only to have them exhumed several years later for publication.

Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882), generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti ( rə-ZET-ee; Italian:), was an English poet, illustrator, painter and translator. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais.

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Age at death: 53
Years since death: 144

Born: May 12, 1828 · London, United Kingdom
Died: April 9, 1882
Cause of death: Nephritis
Nationality: British
Known for: Literature, Art

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Father: Gabriele Rossetti
Mother: Frances Polidori
Spouse: Elizabeth Siddal

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