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The Gate of Memory

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1857 (circa)

Physical Description

Medium: pencil
Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.
Signature: DGR
Note: Initials are in the lower left corner.

Production Description

Production Date: 1857 (circa)
Exhibition History: Pictures collected by Yale Alumni, Yale University, 1956 (no.211).

Provenance

Current Location: Mark Samuels Lasner
Archival History: Janet Camp Troxell; Mark Samuels Lasner

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

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Bibliography

The Gate of Memory
Copyright: Property of Mark Samuels Lasner

Included Text

Two lines from Bell Scott's poem Maryanne are inscribed below the drawing: “Come all ye pretty maidens/And dance along with this.”

Reproductions

  1. image

    Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 137.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
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