"Mr and Miss Rossetti" Elizabeth and Rossetti's Holiday Jaunt During The Estrangement
By the end of summer 1858 Elizabeth and Rossetti's fraught seven year romance and quasi engagement had fractured and looked over. Leaving picturesque Lime Tree View, in Matlock*, where they had lodged together for the previous eight or so months, as Lizzie convalesced , they parted ways, no longer a couple. Rossetti's reluctance to marry, his infidelities, and his waning infatuation for Elizabeth had taken its toll on the relationship while Lizzie's bitterness, struggles with poor health, and a growing laudanum habit had added to growing tensions. Rossetti returned permanently to London, and Elizabeth vanished from his life. Resuming his life and work in London, Rossetti embarked on a relationship with Fanny Cornforth, while no records exist of Elizabeth’s whereabouts or activities, nor is she mentioned in any of Rossetti’s letters. Possibly she had returned to her parents' home in Southwark. Apparently estranged from ea...
