May Morris

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1871

Physical Description

Medium: colored chalks on pale blue-gray paper
Dimensions: 17 1/4 x 15 1/2 in.
Signature: monogram
Date on Image: 1871
Note: Monogram and date located in lower right corner.

Production Description

Production Date: 1871
Exhibition History: B.F.A.C., 1883 (no.63); R.A. 1973 (no.261)
Model: May Morris
Note: Younger daughter of William and Jane Morris (b. 1862).

Provenance

Current Location: Society of Antiquaries, Kelmscott Manor
Archival History: Given by DGR to Jane Morris; May Morris; passing through the hands of Oxford University before reverting in 1962 to the Society of Antiquaries, Kelmscott Manor

Scholarly Commentary

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Bibliography

Reproductions

  1. image

    Benedetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 297.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
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