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The Merciless Lady
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1865
Physical Description
Medium: watercolour
Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 12 3/8 in.
Signature: monogram
Date on Image: 1865
Note: The monogram and date are inscribed at lower right. A label on verso by G.P. Boyce reads: “by January 31st 1865,” indicating
the date of sale transacted between Boyce and DGR.
Production Description
Production Date: 1865
Exhibition History: B.F.A.C. 1883 (no.30); London, Thomas Agnew and Sons,
Annual Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings (no. 118); Royal Academy 1972 (no. B127); The Fine Art Society 1972,
The Aesthetic Movement and the Cult of Japan (no. 49); Royal Academy 1973,
DGR: Painter and Poet (no. 312); The Fine Art Society 1974,
The Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings from the Handley-Read Collection (no.67); Tokyo 1990 (no. 31); Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery 1991; Kurume, Ishibashi Museum of Art, 1991 (no. 31);
Takamatsu, Takematsu City Museum 1996
Le Symbolisme en Europe; Tokyo 1996
Provenance
Current Location: Charles Handley–Read
Archival History: G.P. Boyce Jan. 31, 1865; Christie's sale July
1, 1897 (lot 154), £105; Fairfax Murray; Agnew; Sir William Mills June 1923; Francis W. Nicholls 1932; Charles Handley–Read
1970; Fine Art Society, London; Thomas Stainton; Peter Nahum; Private collection
Reproductions
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Marillier, DGR: An Illustrated Memorial , 138. -
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , plate 258. -
Angeli, DGR con 107 illustrazioni , 110.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
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