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George Layard,
Tennyson and his Pre-Raphaelite Illustrators, 49-65.
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Jan Marsh, “Hoping you will not think me too fastidious:
Pre-Raphaelite Artists and the Moxon Tennsyon”, JPRAS
2:1 1989
11-18
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WMR, Family
Letters, vol. 1, 190.
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Sharp, DGR: A Record and a Study, 107-112.
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Surtees,
A Catalogue
Raisonné, vol. 1, 49 (no. 85).
This collection contains 6 texts and images, including:
Delaware Museum of Fine Art drawing
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
The drawing was created for Edward Moxon's illustrated edition of Tennyson's Poems (1857), glossing Part IV of Tennyson's “The Lady of Shalott” (and in particular the last three lines of the poem). As with all of the drawings in the Moxon series, this one is remarkable for the wealth of detail it introduces into its small space. The engraving is placed at the end of the poem in Moxon's volume.
Textual History: Composition
Begun in November 1856, the engraving was ready for DGR in December. He was not happy with the outcome so he redrew the design in January 1857 (see Fredeman, Correspondence 56. 52, 54 and 57. 8, 12, 15). Dalziel was the engraver though DGR was unhappy with his work and wanted Linton instead.
Pictorial
The location of DGR's finished design is not known. The Birmingham drawing is the most elaborate of the two surviving sketches.