Copyright: ©Charles Lees Watercolour Collection at Gallery Oldham, Greaves Street, Oldham,
Lancashire, OL1 1AL
The First Madness of Ophelia
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1864 April
Physical Description
Medium: watercolour
Dimensions: 15 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.
Signature: monogram
Date on Image: April 1864
Note: The monogram and date are inscribed at lower left.
Production Description
Production Date: 1864 April
Exhibition History: R.A. 1883 (no.356); Glasgow 1901 (no.1124); Preston 1902 (no.118); Bradford,
Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1904 (no.129); Paris,
Franco-British
Exhibition
, 1908 (no.433); Rome,
International Exhibition, 1911 (no.194); Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester 1912 (no.118); Tate,
Loan Exhibition of
Works by Pre-Raphaelite Painters from Collections in Lancashire
, July 1913 (no.41);
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath 1913 (no.21)
Provenance
Current Location: Oldham Art Gallery and Museum
Catalog Number: 3. 55/7
Archival History: Walter Dunlop; William Graham; Christie's sale April 3, 1886 (lot
108), £236; Humphrey Roberts; Charles E. Lees; By descent to his daughter Miss
M. Lees; donated by her to Oldham 1952
Reproductions
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Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 243. -
Marillier, DGR: An Illustrated Memorial , 136.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name:
s169.rap.xml
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