The Pre-Raphaelite Society (PRS) is the international society for the study of the lives and art of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Founded in 1988, the Society publishes writings relating to the PRB and their successors in our journal, The Review of the Pre-Raphaelite Society, holds meetings and lectures, and organises visits to important exhibitions of national and international interest. The Society’s aim is to encourage the study of the works and lives of, and also promote the wider appreciation of, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and their successors.
We have members across the world who contribute to our Review, published three times a year, and we hold a series of lectures (online and in person) on a wide range of topics of Pre-Raphaelite interest. We also run annual competitions in poetry, painting and essays relating to matters of Pre-Raphaelite interest.
We are delighted to be working in partnership with The Victorian Web, whose wide range of excellent articles will already be a valued resource for many of our members. This partnership will enable the PRS and The Victorian Web to share resources, including publication of selected essays, and to work together to promote knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the Pre-Raphaelites and their associates.
Notices
- Programme of lectures from March - June 2021
- Programme of lectures from July - October 2021
- Programme of lectures from June - October 2022
- Programme of lectures from January 2023 - February 2023
- "The Rossettis, Look Again" (lecture by Carol Jacobi) 18 March 2023
- "Fishy Tail: Gendering Pre-Raphaelite Mermaids and Sirens" (lecture by Cecilia Neil-Smith) 16 September 2023
- "Emma Sandys: The Drama of Womanhood" (lecture by Serena Trowbridge) 7 October 2023
- Programme of lectures from January 2024 - February 2024
Selected Essays from the Society and Its Members
- ""The Girl in the Red Dress: Reading Madox Brown’s Work," by Lisa Thefaut
- "Race and Ethnicity in Rebecca Solomon’s The Young Teacher," by Alex Round
- "Rebecca Solomon and Women: A Feminist Reading," by Alex Round
- "Rebecca Solomon as a Social Activist," by Alex Round
- "The Séance Diary of William Michael Rossetti," by Barrie Bullen
- "F. G. Stephens’s The Proposal: A Neglected Pre-Raphaelite Painting," by Robert Wilkes
- "Three Early Drawings by Frank Cadogan Cowper," by Scott Thomas Buckle
Click here to visit the PRS website.