Books on Millais, Holman Hunt, Rossetti and the Pre-Raphaelite artists-

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	William Holman Hunt, painter. painting, paint by Carol Jacobi 288 pages, hardback, 24 colour and 48 black and white illustrations, new information, Oct 2006. Price UK; Ł46 US Order $80.
	Millais and the Pre-Raphaelites by Michael Robinson 384 pages, Paperback, Price UK; Ł6.81 (rrp Ł9.99). Very profusely illustrated in colour with many little known works, like GF Stephens, The Proposal and Arthur Hughes, Home from Work, with brief facing text, as well as all the favourites and some of the Renaissance paintings before Raphael which inspired them.
	Frederick, Lord Leighton. 1830-1896 Painter and Sculptor, by Christopher Newall and others 192 pagess, 130 colour illustrations, Hardback, 2009 Price UK; Ł25 This features over 100 of his paintings and his richly decorated house in Holland Park with its Arab Hall, which is being restored.
	Desperate Romantics, The Private Lives of the Pre-Raphaelites, by Franny Moyle 340 pages, Price UK Ł5.71/ A popular TV series was based on this book. It was more interested in their romantic lives than their art and left out, even then, how Lizzie Rossetti warned a friend not to waken her baby although it had died at birth.
	Reading the Pre-Raphaelites by Tim Barringer 176 pages, Paperback, 1999. Price UK; Ł9.95 US Order 0300077874 This well illustrated book from Yale discusses the ideas behind the pictures.
	Burne-Jones and William Morris in Oxford and the Surrounding Area by Ann S. Dean. 80 pages, 47 illustrations,16 in colour. Paperback, Revised Edition. 1996. Price UK; Ł9.99. A plan of Oxford and information on stained glass, drawings, gazetteer of places to visit with phone with phone numbers of many churches.etc. US Order 1873089341
	Lizzie Siddall: The Tragedy of a Pre-Raphaelite Super Model by Lucinda Hawksley 2004, Hardback, 256 pages,the tragic story of Rossetti's wife and model, the model for Millais' Drowning Ophelia and of many Rossetti drawings. Price UK; Ł12.59, save 25%. US Order 023300050X
	The Pre-Raphaelites (Everyman Art Library). Tim Barringer: 176 pages, 109 illustrations, Paperback, 1998. Price UK; limited availability. 0297824082 The author is a professor at Yale and gives a perceptive account of the P.R.B., based on his lectures at the Barber Institute
	Pre-Raphaelite Art in the Victoria and Albert Museum by Suzanne Fagence Cooper: 176 pages, 84 illus, 60 in colour, Hardback, 2003. Price UK; Ł30 US Order1851773932 The illustrations include paintings, furniture, stained glass and textiles and items from the print room, some of them reproduced for the first time.
	The Pre-Raphaelite Trail in Sussex by Peter Wise152 pages, Paperback, 2003. Price UK; Ł8.99
	The Pre-Raphaelites, Romance and Realism. Laurence Des Cars: 128 pages, Paperback, 2000 . Price UK; Ł5.56 (20% discount). US Order The author is a curator at the Musee d'Orsay. A good, well-illustrated pocket sized guide with a useful 22 page section of documents. 050030100x
	Essential Pre-Raphaelites. Lucinda Hawksley: 225 pages, Hard cover, 2001, Ł6.98 US Order 0752535900
	The Pre-Raphaelites. Christopher Wood: 160 pages, heavily illustrated, Paperback, 2000. Price UK; Ł9.89 US Order The book is divided into three sections, the first on the period 1848-1860, the second on landscape painters and the third on the aesthetes, notably Burne-Jones, Rossetti and Waterhouse. 1841881163
	The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites. Elizabeth Prettejohn: 304 pages, 201 illustrations, Hard cover, 2000. Price UK; Ł29.99. US Order The text summarises the most recent research on the subject and is most suited to University students, well illustrated.1854373137
	The Pre-Raphaelites. Timothy Hilton: 216 pages, 157 illustrations, 21 in colour, Paperback, 1970 Price UK; Ł6.36 save 20% US Order Clear and readable. The author speaks his mind about the paintings he dislikes. 0500201021
	Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists. Jan Marsh Marsh and Pamela Gerish Nun: 160 pages, 130 illustrations, 1999 new ed, Paperback,. Price UK; Ł10.36, save 20%. US Order An exhibition catalogue. The first 101 pages discuss the subject, the rest give a catalogue of the exhibits and useful biographies of the artists who include Lizzie Siddall, Evelyn de Morgan and Kate Bunce. 0500281041
	Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Russell Ash 96 pages, 40 colour plates with facing text and introduction, Paperback, new ed. 1997. Ł7.99.save 20% US Order 1857939506
	The Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood by Jan Marsh 256 pages 1998 Ł24.
	Sir John Everett Millais. Russell Ash 96 pages, 40 colour plates with facing text and introduction, Paperback, new ed. 1998 Ł7.99 save 20%
	Oxford and the Pre-Raphaelites. Jon Whiteley: Paperback,. 80 pages 1989, Price UK; Ł6.95. covers paintings and drawings in the Ashmolean . Combine this book with Ann S. Dean's 'Burne-Jones and William Morris in Oxford' (below) for an enriched visit to Oxford and places nearby. US Order 0907849946
	Millais: Portraits by John Everett Millais (Editor), Malcolm Warner, Kate Flint, H. C. G. Matthew, Leonee Ormond, Peter Funnell (Editor) Paperback, 240 pages, 1999 US Order UK Order limited availability Hardback, 240 pages, 1999 US Order only
	J W Waterhouse by Peter Trippi Hardcover, 240 pages, 2002 US Order$,34.97, save 30%
	J W Waterhouse by Anthony Hobson Paperback, 128 pages, 1992, Ł20.97, save 29% 071488 0663 Ł11.87, save 29%. A good introduction to this popular artist, sometimes regarded as a Pre-Raphaelite. It might be interesting to discuss how far his technique meets Pre-Raphaelite ideals of truth to nature or is it just his choice of subject matter in the Burne- Jones manner, which make him a late Pre-Raphaelite? US Order
Paperback edition	Victorian Painting by Christopher Wood Paperback, 384 pages, 2000 US Order Hardcover, 384 pages, 1999 limited availability US Order
	Victorian Painting: In Oils and Watercolours Christopher Wood Hardcover, 207 pages, 1996/7 Antique Collectors Club US Order

Revised: February 08, 2014.