Included Text
The Miraculous Draught of Fishes. Luke C 5-
V 8.
Copyright: ©Robin Alston
The Miraculous Draught of Fishes
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1839 May 26
Physical Description
Medium: pen and ink
Dimensions: 9.5 x 11.5 cm
Assignment: On the verso, WMR has written, “By Gabriel towards 1839.”
Production Description
Production Date: 1839 May 26
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name:
f102c.rap.xml
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This drawing is one of three Biblical subjects reproduced in The Rossetti Cabinet . As WMR's note on the verso suggests, these images are likely copies, perhaps after Martin and Westall's Illustrations of the Bible, which was known to be a favorite book of the artist.
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