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Fanny Cornforth

Alternately titled: The Card Player

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1860-65 (circa)

Physical Description

Medium: pencil
Dimensions: 28 x 19 in.
Note: On the verso is a note (perhaps by WMR): “The Card Player.”

Production Description

Production Date: 1860-65 (circa)
Model: Fanny Cornforth

Provenance

Current Location: Mrs. Helen Rossetti Angeli

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

This drawing may be related to Rossetti's poem, The Card-Dealer .

Bibliography

  • Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 1, 234 (appendix no. 11).
  • Fine Victorian Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors [Sotheby's 5 November 1974].
Fanny Cornforth
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
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