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The Parable of the Vineyard: The Feast of the Vintage

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1861

Physical Description

Medium: pen and ink and ink wash, laid down

Dimensions: 23 1/2 x 23 in.

Signature: monogram

Note: Monogram located at lower right.

Production Description

Production Date: 1861

Exhibition History: Beaux Arts Gallery, Drawings and Paintings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti , 1940 (no.24); Bournemouth, 1951 (no.87); Victoria and Albert Museum, The Firm of Morris & Co. , 1961 (no.3)

Intended Context: Design for stained glass for an east window in St. Martin's Church, Scarborough.

Provenance

Current Location: William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow

Catalog Number: A 267

Archival History: Mr. Johnson of Manchester; T.H. McConnell; Frederick Leyland; Kerrison Preston; Sold at Preston Sale at Christie's on March 2, 1956 (lot 44); William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

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Bibliography

Marillier, DGR: An Illustrated Memorial , 113.
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 1, 83 (no. 137).
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 206.

Included Text

‘And the inheritance shall be ours.’

Note: Inscribed directly beneath the drawing.

Reproductions

Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 206.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1

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