‘The Romaunt of Margret’
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1846 (circa)
Physical Description
Medium: pen and ink
Dimensions: 12 3/4 x 9 in.
Production Description
Production Date: 1846 (circa)
Provenance
Current Location: Mrs. J. A. R. Munro
Archival History: Alexander Munro; by descent to his daughter–in–law, Mrs. J. A. R. Munro
Included Text
- Look in its face, Ladye,
- And keep thee from thy swound
- With a spirit bold they pulses hold,
- And hear its voices sound!
- For so will sound thy voice
- When thy face is to the wall;
- And such will be thy face, Ladye,
- When the maidens work thy pall.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
Surtees says that the drawing is fragmented with “both heads torn off the paper.” It depicts “two women. . .seated one behind the other. . .the far one only lightly sketched” (Vol. 1, 5).
Literary
As the imbedded text indicates, the drawing illustrates the seventh stanza of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's “The Romaunt of Margret.”
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