Two Ladies with Fans Preliminary Study for The Salutation of Beatrice Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1 ©Robin Alston Two ladies with Fans DGR 1848 (circa) pencil and gouache on heavy-duty, yellow-gray card stock 18.7 x 17.2 cm On the reverse of this sheet is a drawing of a fifteenth or sixteenth-century lamp, complete with a description by DGR. There is also a note by WMR, which identifies the writing and the date of the image: “Gabriel's handwriting c/48.” <artist/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnpictorial> <citnmythic> <name/> <culture/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnmythic> <citnhistorical> <event/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnhistorical> <citnautobiographical> <name/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnautobiographical> <citnscenic> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnscenic> </listcitn> </source> <commentaries> <head>Commentary</head> <section type="intro"> <head>Introduction</head> <p>This work may be a preliminary study for <xref doc="a.s116.raw"> <title level="wrk">The Salutation of Beatrice , painted in 1859. The composition most closely resembles the left-hand compartment of the finished pen and ink drawing, dated earlier in the decade.

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Fredeman, <hi rend="i">A Rossetti Cabinet</hi> , 2 (plate 1) . Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , 70 (no. 116).