For a Marriage of St. Katharine, by the same (Hans Memmeling) (WMR corrected copy)

This pair of sonnets are among the six made by WMR for a book he contemplated, to be titled Dicta of Artists, “Being Remarks by Various British Artists and Other Artists on Matters of Art”. He compiled the materials sometime after the turn of the century. The section of the book devoted to DGR's comments on art included these two sonnets plus four other of DGR's “Sonnets for Pictures”, including “For a Venetian Pastoral, by Giorgione (In the Louvre)” , “For a Virgin and Child, by Hans Memmling, in the Academy of Bruges”, “For a Marriage of St. Katharine, by the same (Hans Memmeling)” , and “For an Allegorical Dance of Women by Andrea Mantegna (In the Louvre)” . The projected book, with these sonnets, is preserved in the library of the National Museum of South Africa.

Like “For a Virgin and Child, by Hans Memmling, in the Academy of Bruges” and “For a Marriage of St. Katharine, by the same (Hans Memmeling)” , this copy is notable because WMR's text lays upon the early (1849) version of the sonnet some revisions that represent DGR's later changes to the work. He also appends an interesting note to the text.