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The Pre–Raphaelites [Tate 1984], 254.
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Sharp, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 136-139
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Stephens, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 32.
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Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné,
vol. 1, 74 (no. 118).
This collection contains 12 texts and images, including:
Watercolour reproduction
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
The scene of this haunting work is medieval and the woodland setting perhaps recalls specifically Dante's “selva oscura”.
Production History
“Executed for Boyce during the artist's honeymoon in Paris (1860) to replace an earlier pen and ink drawing (1851), either lost or destroyed, of the same subject . . . . Called by Rossetti the ‘Bogie drawing’, it illustrates the legend of the Doppelgänger which had fascinated him since childhood ( Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 1, 74 (no. 118)).
Pictorial
Grieve's comments on the picture's art historical relations, both contemporary and historical, are useful (see The Pre–Raphaelites [Tate 1984], 254 ).
Literary
The picture may be usefully compared with various of DGR's literary works, perhaps the “Willowwood” sonnets in particular.