How Many Proposals Did Christina Rossetti Reject?
How Many Proposals Did Christina Rossetti Reject? Religious scrupulousness led Christina to reject two marriage proposals. When was Rossetti engaged? In 1848, at the age of 18, Rossetti became engaged to Pre-Raphaelite (see Literary Context > The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood) artist James Collinson. Who proposed to Christina Rossetti? One of the Pre-Raphaelite brethren, James Collinson, proposed