‘“Hist!”, Said Kate the
Queen’ (Head of Maid)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1849 (circa)
Physical Description
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: unknown
Production Description
Production Date: 1849 (circa)
Provenance
Current Location: unknown
Archival History: WMR
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
In his discussion of the DGR's ‘“Hist!”, Said Kate the Queen’ , H.C. Marillier described a remnant of the original canvas depicting the head of a maid, then located in the collection of William Michael Rossetti. This picture is now lost, and known only in reproduction ( DGR: An Illustrated Memorial , 34).
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