Sunday, November 13, 2011

Charles Augustus Howell and Rosa Corder





[Charles Augustus Howell, drawn by Rossetti]
[Howell's lover Rosa Corder depicted by Whistler]
[A caricature of Howell eavesdropping, while Rosa Corder forges Rossetti drawings (from Rossetti and his Circle by Max Beerbohm)]

If anyone wants to write a good PRB mystery look no futher than:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Augustus_Howell

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow! Love this. And yes, I have thought about Howell for years. You can't believe a man like that was totally human! LOL!

Hermes said...

Thank you, I just wondered who killed him ?