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Mermaids, Sirens and the Pre-Raphaelites

Mermaids, Sirens and the Pre-Raphaelites

Update: 2025-07-05
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We are delighted to welcome Cecilia Neil-Smith to the podcast to talk about her fantastic work on depictions of mermaids and sirens within Pre-Raphaelite art. Cecilia plunges the aquatic depths of Burne-Jones, de Morgan and Waterhouse, showing how the mermaid has transformed from an ancient and medieval symbol to a challenge for Victorian conceptions of gender, sexuality, conformity and biology. 


 


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Mermaids, Sirens and the Pre-Raphaelites

Mermaids, Sirens and the Pre-Raphaelites

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