ThreshingDante Gabriel Rossetti11862 (circa)“A labourer wearing a large hat stands in a cornfield swinging a
flail” Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné, I. 88.
Commentary
Introduction
DGR did not contribute often to the Morris firm's tile designs. This design recalls the
small painted panel design of Gardening that DGR made in 1861 for the Seddons cabinet, now at
the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The drawing for this tile is in a private collection.
Textual History: Composition
Textual History: Revision
Production History
Reception
Iconographic
Pictorial
Historical
Literary
Translation
Autobiographical
Bibliographic
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 1, 88 (no. 154).
ReproductionThreshingDGR1862 (circa) pencil, brush, and brown ink2