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The Art Curious podcast is sponsored by Anchorlight. For more information about their programs and

residences, please visit Anchorlightrolly more information about their programs and residences, please visit

anchorlightrolly.com. Just a brief note that today's episode contains sensitive content involving

drug addiction and pregnancy loss. So please take care when listening if you are sensitive to this

content. Rescuing someone from their reputation, whether it be good or bad, isn't always an

easy task. Just ask anyone who's ever been publicly shamed, either online or in person. But especially

when someone has been portrayed in a certain way over and over for a number of years, it's hard to escape our idea of that person.

And when someone has been shown or decreed to be a certain way for the better part of 150 years,

that's a big ask. But I think now's as good a time as ever to celebrate an incredible model, muse, and an artist in her own right,

a woman who starred in some of the most incredible paintings of the late 19th century.

Some people think that visual art is dry, boring, lifeless.

But the stories behind those paintings, sculptures, drawings and photographs are weirder, more

outrageous, or more fun than you can imagine.

In season 11, we are highlighting the lives and work of the women who supported

some of the world's favorite artists.

Today, we are getting to know Elizabeth Siddell, 19th century muse and model, and poet and artist.

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