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Frances Polidori. Frances Mary Lavinia Rossetti (née Polidori; 27 April 1800 – 8 April 1886) was a British educator who was the daughter, wife, sister and mother of important writers and artists. She was also a model of the paintings of her son Dante.
Background. Frances was the daughter of Anna Maria Pierce and Italian exile Gaetano Polidori and sister of John Polidori, author of The Vampyre and Lord Byron"s physician. Career. After Gabriele died she quickly burned the remaining copies of his book Il Mistero dell" Amor Platonico del Medio Evo.
In 1821, John Polidori took his own life with prussic acid over gambling debts which was a terrible blow to the Polidori family. Frances Rossetti treasured a Byronic portrait of her handsome brother, now in the National Portrait Gallery, and always displayed it in the family home.
This article presents a detailed new analysis of the conception, composition, publication, and immediate reception of John William Polidori’s influential story, ‘The Vampyre’ (1819), first attributed to Lord Byron. Polidori was instrumental in publishing the tale – and did so with a certain guile as part of a larger literary strategy.
21 de jul. de 2023 · An enclosed letter to Polidori’s sister Frances from May 1816 shows his excitement with the engagement, boasting that he is “with [Lord Byron] on the footing of an equal, everything alike: at present here we have a suite of rooms between us. I have my sitting-room at one end, he at the other.”
17 de abr. de 2023 · He married the half-English, half-Italian Frances Polidori in 1826 and four children followed in quick succession: Maria in 1827, then Gabriel, 1828 (famous as Dante Gabriel but always called Gabriel), William, 1829, and Christina, 1830.
29 de feb. de 2024 · Frances Polidori (Q2278571) From Wikidata. Jump to navigation Jump to search. wife of Gabriele Rossetti (1800-1886) Frances Mary Lavinia Polidori; Frances ...
