Who were the seven original members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood?

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was formed in 1848 by seven original members who sought to reform British art by returning to the sincerity and detail found in Italian art before the time of Raphael.1

The seven founding members were:

• Dante Gabriel Rossetti
• William Holman Hunt
• John Everett Millais
• James Collinson
• F.G. Stephens
• Thomas Woolner
• William Michael Rossetti12

While other influential artists such as Ford Madox Brown and William Dyce acted as mentors and adapted their work to the Pre-Raphaelite style, they were not among the original seven members of the Brotherhood.1