Copyright: ©Folger Shakespeare Library
Shakespeare (after Droeshout)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1846?
Physical Description
Medium: watercolour
Dimensions: 2 1/2 x 2 in.
Frame: small oval under glass
Signature: Rossetti
Other production information determined from the object: from DGR to William Joyce
Note: DGR's signature above right shoulder. The miniature is set into the inside of
the volume's front cover. The inscription is inside.
Production Description
Production Date: 1846?
Provenance
Current Location: Folger Shakespeare Library
Catalog Number: PR 2842 1709 Copy 3 Ex.Ill.
Archival History: William Joyce; purchased August 23, 1929 from Thomas Thorpe, bookseller;
Folger Shakespeare Library
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name:
sa562.rap.xml
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
The identification of this watercolor miniature rests on DGR's inscription in the book and the attribution on the picture itself. The miniature is copied from the well-known engraving by Martin Droeshout.