The Sermon on the Mount Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1 1861 (circa)
George Meredith Meredith is said to have sat for Christ. Christina Rossetti CGR is said to have sat for the Virgin (though the face is not unlike that of Elizabeth Siddal). Fanny Cornforth The Magdalene strongly resembles Fanny Cornforth. Algernon Swinburne Swinburne is said to have been the model for St. John. Simeon Solomon Solomon is said to have been the model for St. James. William Morris Morris is said to have been the model for St. Peter. Ernest Gambart In Judas the face of the despised art dealer Gambart is easily recognizable. <artist/> <location/> <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>DGR made the three designs for the triptych of stained glass windows to be manufactured by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Co. founded in April 1861. The designs were made for the windows in All Saints Church, Selsley and executed there in 1862. The central panel was also executed for Christchurch, Sunderland (1865) and for Christ Church, Albany Street, London (1869).</p> </section> <section type="texthistcomp"> <head>Textual History: Composition</head> <p/> </section> <section type="texthistrev"> <head>Textual History: Revision</head> <p/> </section> <section type="prodhist"> <head>Production History</head> <p>DGR's note to Morris on the <xref doc="a.s142a.rap">initial drawing</xref> he made for the design comments on its inadequacy and he offers to “draw it again” after Morris looks at the initial result.</p> </section> <section type="recepthist"> <head>Reception</head> <p/> </section> <section type="icon"> <head>Iconographic</head> <p/> </section> <section type="pictorial"> <head>Pictorial</head> <p/> </section> <section type="historical"> <head>Historical</head> <p/> </section> <section type="literary"> <head>Literary</head> <p>According to WMR, the intended title was <hi rend="i">The Sermon on the Plain</hi>, referencing the Gospel of Saint Luke, Chapter 6. The commonly accepted title, <hi rend="i">The Sermon on the Mount</hi>, refers to the Gospel of Saint Matthew, beginning in Chapter 5.</p> </section> <section type="translation"> <head>Translation</head> <p/> </section> <section type="autobio"> <head>Autobiographical</head> <p/> </section> <section type="biblio"> <head>Bibliographic</head> <p> <bibl> <author>Grylls</author>, <xref doc="a." link="dead"> <title level="bk"> <hi rend="i">Portrait of Rossetti</hi> , Appendix G Sewter, <hi rend="i">DGR's Designs for Stained Glass</hi> , 420 Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 1, 84 (no. 142).

Stained glass window, All Saints, Selsley, Gloucester The Sermon on the Mount DGR 1861 (circa) brush and ink, with pen 1 The Sermon on the Mount DGR 1861 (circa) Brush and ink with some pencil and pen 1 The Sermon on the Mount (study for Christ) DGR 1855-1859 (circa) pen and ink and pencil on green paper 1 The Sermon on the Mount DGR 1861 (circa) brush and pen and ink 1 The Sermon on the Mount DGR 1862 pencil and wash on tracing paper 1 The Sermon on the Mount; Stained Glass DGR 1862 stained glass 1 The Sermon on the Mount; Stained Glass DGR 1865 stained glass 1 The Sermon on the Mount; Stained Glass DGR 1864 stained glass 1 Sermon on the Mount DGR 1861-1862 1 Sermon on the Mount DGR 1861-1862 1