DGR opened his long letter from Paris to his brother (18 October 1849) with
this very polemical sonnet declaming against art works in the Louvre that,
in his view, failed miserably to exhibit the spiritual and artistic
standards of the PRB.
Textual History: Composition
The sonnet was probably written on 18 October. The other poems included in
the letter would have been composed sometime during the week before.
Printing History
First published by WMR in
Family Letters (II. 71-72), collected in 1911.
This collection contains 4 texts and images, including:
Text from DGR's letter to WMR (18 October 1849)
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
DGR opened his long letter from Paris to his brother (18 October 1849) with this very polemical sonnet declaming against art works in the Louvre that, in his view, failed miserably to exhibit the spiritual and artistic standards of the PRB.
Textual History: Composition
The sonnet was probably written on 18 October. The other poems included in the letter would have been composed sometime during the week before.
Printing History
First published by WMR in Family Letters (II. 71-72), collected in 1911.