Silence. For a Design Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1 By permission of the Special Collections Library, Duke University Silence Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1877 draft 1 page one small manuscript leaf DGR DGR Duke University Library Rossetti Writings III. Fragment frame maker's invoice Commentary
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DGR drafted a rough text of the ekphrasis of a design for Silence on the back of a frame maker's invoice dated 25 June 1877.

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22 Unknown notation in upper right corner, possibly by WMR <hi rend="u">Silence</hi>.

In an antique representation She holds has in one hand thefruit of peach by whichthe ancients symbolizedSilence—the fruit beingheld to resemble thehuman heart & the leafthe human tongue.With the other handshe has keeps closedthe opening of a suspended veilsuspended in hershrine.

The text on this page is WMR's note to the ekphrasis on the previous page. It is written along the right margin of this page. The printed text on the reverse side, and visible as bleed through on the present page, gives the name and address of a frame maker, [Freder?]ick Bartram of Euston Square, London.

Gabriel's writing must apply to his design “Silence”.