Copyright: ©Agnew's, London
Elizabeth Siddal
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1854 or 1859-60 (circa)
Physical Description
Medium: pencil
Dimensions: 8 x 5 1/2 in.
Note: An inscription by WMR appears on verso on two labels attached to the backboard:
By Dante G. Rossetti.
Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal (Mrs Dante G. Rossetti).
Presented to Frank Hueffer in affectionate reminiscence by
Wm M. Rossetti
January 1883.
This drawing must have been done I think in either 1859 or
1860-i.e. either a little before or after the marriage
of Rossetti & Mrs Siddal
W.M.R.
By Dante G. Rossetti.
Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal (Mrs Dante G. Rossetti).
Presented to Frank Hueffer in affectionate reminiscence by
Wm M. Rossetti
January 1883.
This drawing must have been done I think in either 1859 or
1860-i.e. either a little before or after the marriage
of Rossetti & Mrs Siddal
W.M.R.
Production Description
Production Date: 1854 or 1859-60 (circa)
Exhibition History: Whitechapel,
The Pre-Raphaelites: A Loan Exhibition of their
Paintings and Drawings held in the Centenary Year of the Foundation of the Brotherhood
,
1948 (no.99); Arts Council,
Pre-Raphaelite Drawings and Watercolours, 1953
(no.63); R.A.,
British Portraits, Winter 1956-7, (no.732); Arts Council,
Ruskin and his Circle, 1964 (no.246); R.A.,
Dante Gabriel
Rossetti as Poet and Painter
, 1973 (no.169); Ashmolean Museum,
Rossetti's
Portraits of Elizabeth Siddal
, 1991 (no.13); Walker Art Gallery, and Van Gogh Museum,
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 2003-4 (no.23)
Model: Elizabeth Siddal
Provenance
Current Location: Agnew's, London
Archival History: Given to Dr. Franz Hueffer by William Michael Rossetti in January 1883; by
descent to his widow, née Catherine Madox Brown, on his death in 1889; presumably
in her possession until her death in 1927; R.E.A. Wilson until 1932; acquired by Sir Kenneth
Clark (Lord Clark of Saltwood); Clark sale at Sotheby's, London, June 27, 1984 (lot 27); Sir
Paul Getty; Agnew's, London
Reproductions
-
Angeli, DGR con 107 illustrazioni , 130. -
Delaware Art Museum print.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name:
s468.rap.xml
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
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Production History
On the verso are studies of three female figures.
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