Highgate Cemetary

Highgate Cemetary is a burial place in northern London. A number of famous literary and historical figures are buried here, including Karl Marx, George Eliot, Christina Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddal. Image: the Rossetti family grave where Elizabeth Siddal is buried (courtesy of The Victorian Web).

Parent Map

Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his Circle

"In an Artist's Studio" Map

Romanticism: A Class Map

Map: CCU FA 20 ENGL 231

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.566927100000
Longitude: -0.147070900000

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Timeline of Events Associated with Highgate Cemetary

Date	Event
17 Feb 1862	Burial of Elizabeth Siddal Elizabeth Eleanor Rossetti (formerly Elizabeth Siddal) was buried on 17 February 1862 in Highgate Western Cemetary in the Rossetti family plot. Dante Gabriel Rossetti placed "Dante at Verona," "Love's Nocturne" and other manuscript poems in her coffin before interment. Image: the Rossetti family grave where Elizabeth Siddal is buried (courtesy of The Victorian Web).	The Rossetti Family Grave, Highgate Western Cemetary
10 Oct 1869	Exhumation of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's manuscripts On 10 October 1869, Dante Gabriel Rossetti had the manuscripts that he had previously buried with Elizabeth Siddal exhumed. Image: "Praise and Prayer" manuscript, one of three surviving leaves from the manuscripts Rossetti buried with his wife on 17 February 1862 in Highgate Cemetary. The original is in the Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. (MS Eng 769).	Manuscript of "Praise and Prayer" exhumed from Elizabeth Siddal's grave
29 Dec 1894	Death of Christina Rossetti Christina Rossetti died on 29 December 1894 and was buried in the Rossetti family plot, alongside her parents and Elizabeth Siddal.	The Rossetti Family Grave, Highgate Western Cemetary
The start of the month Spring 1899	George Eliot adopts pen name Mary Ann to George Eliott.