Context: Biographical Flashcards

1
Q

When was Rossetti born and when did she die?

A

5th December 1830
29th December 1894

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What year did Christina’s father, Gabriele Rossetti, immigrate to England?

A

1824.

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In what way was each of Christina’s siblings considered successful?

A

Maria - wrote on Dante and Italian grammar.
Gabriel - a poet and a painter, famous under the name Dante Gabriel.
William - a literary critic and memoirist of the Pre-Raphaelite movement.

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Where did Christina recieve her education?

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From her mother (Frances) who was a trained governess, provided earliest education to all her children, Maria and Christina recieved all of their education from her. Frances commited her time to providing her children a highest form of education and was devoted to her religious beliefs and utilised devotional readings.

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What was Rossetti’s childhood like?

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Privalidged, happy, loving and talented.

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In what year did Christina suffer a collapse in health?

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  1. The cause is unknown, however bouts of illness followed, leading to a thyroid malfuntion.
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In what year was Christina proposed to by James Collinson, and why did she decline?

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  1. She refused to marry him due to his recent conversion to Roman Catholicism.
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Why did Christina accept Collinson’s second proposal?

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As he promptly returned to the Church of England.

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Why did Christina and James’ engagement end?

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His return to Roman Catholicism once again in the spring of 1850.

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10
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What was Christina diagnosed with in 1892?

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Breast cancer. A masectomy was performed in her own home.

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What was the cause for Christina’s death?

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The cancer returned in 1993, and following months of deteriorating health, Christina died in her own home on 29th December 1894.

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Where did Christina work as a voulunteer in the 1860s?

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In a home for ‘fallen’ women.

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What school did Rossetti attend in the 1850s?

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The North London Drawing School.

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