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The Ms at Ems

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1869 July 21

Physical Description

Medium: pen and ink

Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 7 in.

Note: The title is inscribed in the lower right corner.

Production Description

Production Date: 1869 July 21

Model: Jane Burden Morris

Model: William Morris

Provenance

Current Location: British Museum

Catalog Number: 1939-5-13-1.(1.)

Purchase Price: gift

Archival History: Jane Burden Morris. May Morris gave the item to Dr. Robert Steele.

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

This drawing accompanied a letter sent to Jane Morris in July of 1869 while she was undergoing treatments at the spa of Bad Ems in Prussia (now Germany).

Bibliography

Fredeman, Correspondence, 69.91.
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 1, 211 (no. 605).
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 439.

Reproductions

Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 439.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1

File Name: s605.rap.xml