Narrative Fragment (draft manuscript)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Production Description
Document Title: [Untitled]
Author: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Date of composition: 1850?
Type of Manuscript: holograph pencil draft
Person to Whom the Manuscript was Assigned: DGR
Collation: verso blank
Provenance
Current Location: Library of the South African National Gallery
Physical Description
Paper: pale blue wove, unruled
Dimensions of Document: 4 x 3 1/4 in
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Copyright: Published with permission of Iziko Museums of Cape Town
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Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
The small manuscript is among a cache of materials originally in the possession of WMR and after that of John Robert Wahl. They finally passed into the library of the South African National Gallery.
Textual History: Composition
The date is conjectural, but the similarity of the paper to other works that we know date from around 1849-1850 is, if not decisive, at least reasonably compelling.