English Pre-Raphaelitism and its reception in America in the nineteenth century

The pre-Raphaelite artists, especially John Everett Millais, Holman Hunt, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, are presented from the perspective of the popular and critical response of American audiences to their work. Complemented by more than one hundred photographs, the study also delineates the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites on American artists.