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of disdainful reserve; tall, finely-formed with a lofty neck and regular yet somewhat uncommon features, greenish-blue unsparkling eyes, large perfect eyelids, brilliant complexion and a lavish heavy wealth of coppery golden hair." By 1851, she had become the primary model and muse of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and also his star pupil. In 1855, John Ruskin, the leading art critic of the Victorian era, purchased all her work, declaring it better than her male counterparts', and became her patron. In 1857, several of her paintings and illustrations appeared in the Pre-Raphaelite Exhibition at Fitzroy Square, Marylebone, where she was the only female artist. Dante and Elizabeth married in 1860. S