Pre-Raphael, a. (n.)
(priːˈræfeɪɛl)
[pre- B. 2.]
Previous to Raphael; a painter (or painting) before the time of Raphael. b. = Pre-Raphaelite. Hence Pre-ˈRaphaelly adv. rare.
| 1850 W. M. Rossetti The P.R.B. Jrnl. July in Præraphaelite Diaries & Lett. (1900) 275, I reverence—indeed almost idolize—what I have seen of the Pre-Raphael painters. 1850 Germ May 158 Mediæval, or pre-Raffaele art is seen in his youthful timid darings. 1850 Dickens in Househ. Words I. 266/1 That the Pre-Raphael Brother is indisputably accomplished in the manipulation of his art. Ibid. 265/2 As befits such a subject—Pre-Raphaelly considered. 1853 D. G. Rossetti in D. G. R.'s Family Letters (1895) II. 122 Fattening on ill-got pictures in his sleep, Till some Præraphael prove for him too deep. 1878 Grosart in H. More's Poems Mem. Introd. 29/1 Its pre-Raphael-like studies of nature. |