Paint Mixing Instructions(1) (Texas MS)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Production Description
Document Title: [Stiff White]
Author: DGR
Date of composition: 1867? 1862?
Type of Manuscript: corrected copy
Collation: 2 leaves
Provenance
Current Location: Harry Ransom Research Center, U. of Texas
Catalog Number: Ms File (Rossetti, DG) Works "Stiff White"
Physical Description
Paper: smooth white unlined
Dimensions of Document: 7 1/16 x 4 7/16 in.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Copyright: © Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, the University of
Texas at Austin
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Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This is a set of instructions for a studio assistant, probably set out in 1867 for his new assistant Treffrey Dunn, though it may date from late 1862 or early 1863 as instructions for his first assistant, William Knewstub. It describes a “palette for flesh”.