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Mrs. William Morris

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1857 October

Physical Description

Medium: pencil

Dimensions: 18 3/4 x 13 in.

Signature: D.G.R.

Date on Image: October 1857

Note: Initials and date in lower right corner.

Production Description

Production Date: 1857 October

Exhibition History: Tate Gallery, 1923 (no.144); The Times Bookshop, Wigmore Street, William Morris Exhibition, October 1962

Model: Jane Burden Morris

Provenance

Current Location: The Society of Antiquaries, Kelmscott Manor

Archival History: Jane Morris; May Morris; Kelmscott Manor Sale, July 19, 1939 (lot 325); passing through the possession of Oxford University, it reverted in 1962 to the Society of Antiquaries, Kelmscott Manor

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

Commentary is not yet available for this image.

Bibliography

Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 1, 174 (no. 363).
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 407.

Included Text

D.G.R. Oxoniae primo delt Oct 1857

Note: Written in the lower right corner.

J.B. AETAT XVII

Note: Written in the upper left corner.

Reproductions

Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , plate 407.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1

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