The Lady's Lament (draft manuscript)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Production Description

Document Title: [Untitled]
Author: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Date of composition: 1848
Type of Manuscript: holograph draft
Person to Whom the Manuscript was Assigned: DGR
Collation: 1 page

Provenance

Current Location: Library of the South African National Gallery

Physical Description

Paper: pale blue unlined
Dimensions of Document: 9 x 7 1/4 in

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

This is the first draft of the poem and differs considerably from the later versions.

The manuscript is among a cache of materials originally in the possession of WMR and after that of John Robert Wahl. They finally passed into the library of the South African National Gallery.

Textual History: Composition

The composition date of 1848 is certain.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Source File: 8-1848.sangms.rad.xml
Copyright: Published with the permission of Iziko Museums of Cape Town