Tomb of Christina Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddall in Highgate (Western) Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Tomb.

Tomb of Christina Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddall in Highgate (Western) Cemetery

WRENN ID
rooted-rood-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1974
Type
Tomb
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tomb of Christina Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddall is located in Highgate (Western) Cemetery and dates from the late 19th century. It is made of marble and serves as a headstone inscribed in memory of Christina Rossetti, a poet and theological writer, and her husband, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, a Pre-Raphaelite painter. The tomb also commemorates Elizabeth Siddall, who was buried with a manuscript of Rossetti's earlier poems.

A notable historical event related to this tomb occurred in 1869 when Rossetti, aspiring to further his poetic ambitions, secretly exhumed Siddall's remains at night to retrieve his only complete earlier volume of poetry, which was published in 1870 under the title "Poems."

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