Pandora. A Picture. In mem. 11th Jan 1870
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Production Description
Document Title: Pandora. A Picture. In mem. 11
th Jan 1870
Date of composition: 1870 January 23
Type of Manuscript: holograph fair copy
Collation: 1 page
Provenance
Current Location: Library of the South African National Gallery
Physical Description
Paper: pale blue unlined
Dimensions of Document: 8 x 7 1/4 in
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Copyright: Published with the permission of Iziko Museums of Cape Town
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Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
The lines record a visit to DGR's studio in January 1870. The poem culminates in a reading of DGR's Pandora , which the author must have seen in its first finished red chalk version.
This manuscript in preserved in the Rossetti/Wahl collection in the library of the National Gallery of South Africa.