There is a big artist named ValDante Gabriel Rossetti11869?
Commentary
Introduction
The limerick satirizes Valentine (“Val”) Cameron Prinsep, nephew of Julia Margaret Cameron. He fell in with DGR and the PRB in the mid-50s and was enlisted by DGR for the Oxford Murals project. DGR wrote another limerick on Prinsep that found its way into Alice Ramsden's commonplace book.
A general commentary on DGR's limericks and their context is available.
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19111911 editionThe Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1911)Dante Gabriel RossettiWilliam Michael Rossetti19110