In Dante Gabriel Rossetti, F.G. Stephens described his impressions of Rossetti's father after meeting him in 1848. His words are evocative of this portrait: “To a youngster, such as I was then, he seemed much older than his years, and while seated reading at a table with two candles behind him and, because his sight was failing, with a wide shade over his eyes, he looked a very Rembrandt come to life” (p. 7).
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In Dante Gabriel Rossetti, F.G. Stephens described his impressions of Rossetti's father after meeting him in 1848. His words are evocative of this portrait: “To a youngster, such as I was then, he seemed much older than his years, and while seated reading at a table with two candles behind him and, because his sight was failing, with a wide shade over his eyes, he looked a very Rembrandt come to life” (p. 7).
See also the similar drawing made about the same time.