The Dream of Dante. A Picture by D. G. Rossetti
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Production Description
Document Title: The Dream of Dante. A Picture by D. G. Rossetti
Date of composition: 1874 November 11
Type of Manuscript: holograph fair copy
Collation: 1 page
Provenance
Current Location: Library of the South African National Gallery
Physical Description
Paper: pale blue unlined
Dimensions of Document: 4 1/2 x 7 in
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Copyright: Published with the permission of Iziko Museums of Cape Town
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Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
The sonnet represents an interpretation of DGR's large oil replica of Dante's Dream at the Time of the Death of Beatrice .
This manuscript in preserved in the Rossetti/Wahl collection in the library of the National Gallery of South Africa.