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The lady in your avatar is Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal, artist’s muse and model - known as “Lizzie” she was inspirational to many of the Pre-Raphaelites..

I used to live about 3 miles from Kelmscott Manor, where William Morris had his workshops
http://www.fionamountain.com/preraphaelites.html

more general history..
http://www.endicott-studio.com/rdrm/forprb.html

I’ve spent many happy hours here – a very fine museum indeed..
http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/

this is a fascinating artefact from the museum – Alfred’s Jewel..
http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/ash/faqs/q003/q003002.html

my sister donated this find..
http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/PotWeb/PotChron3-02.html

my Dad donated a pre-historic stone axe-head, that he found while working in the fields near Oxford, though it doesn’t appear in the catalogue of artefacts, yet..