The
PRB was an idealistic, initially youthful artistic movement in
England during the late nineteenth century, proclaiming an adherence to principles of an ultra-realistic depiction of nature in painting, although the subjects chosen were often mythical or romantic (
King Arthur,
Ophelia).
Chief among the members of the group were:
Rossetti was also a poet, as was his sister
Christina, though it is the latter whose poetry is better and more fondly remembered.