Bantam BatteringDante Gabriel Rossetti11838
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Introduction
The drawing depicts a scene from DGR's life at school, where a teacher is encouraging a group of older boys to “batter” the new students (see WMR, Family Letters Vol. 2 86-87).
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Rossetti Cabinet drawingBantam Battering—Lower Division-Upper DivisionDGR1838 pen and ink on card stock1