Lady Lilith (replica) Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1908 (08.162.1) © 1984 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Lady Lilith (replica) DGR; attributed partly to H. T. Dunn 1867 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Grand Loan Exhibition, 1886, No. 848; Manchester, Royal Jubilee Exhibition, 1887, No. 1678; Guildhall, 1896; New Gallery, 1897, No. 29; Glasgow, International Exhibition, 1901; Fogg Museum of Art, 1934, No. 7; University of Kansas Museum of Art, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his circle, 1958; Indianapolis and Huntington Hartford, 1964, No. 66. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 08. 162. 1 Originally owned by William Coltart, it passed to R.E. Tatham and was sold at Christie's in 1898 for £462. 1 s. It was then bought by the Metropolitan Museum. watercolour 20 x 16 7/8 in. monogram 1867 The monogram and date are in the lower left corner. <hi rend="i">Masterpieces of DGR (Gowans and Grey)</hi> , 30. Phythian, <hi rend="i">Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood</hi> , 33. Radford, <hi rend="i">Dante Gabriel Rossetti</hi> , 26. Hollyer print, Delaware Art Museum, Bancroft Collection. Medici print, Delaware Art Museum, Bancroft Collection. Delaware Art Museum, Bancroft Collection print. Medici engraving, Delaware Art Museum, Bancroft Collection. Worldly Beauty Fanny Cornforth <artist/> <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> The importance of this picture, which may have been largely executed by DGR's assistant Treffry Dunn, lies in its relation to DGR's original painting. This is a replica that preserves the face of Fanny Cornforth, who was the original model. The picture was radically altered when DGR substituted the face of Alexa Wilding for Fanny Cornforth's, and most commentators believe the change robbed the picture of its essential power.</p> </section> <section type="prodhist"> <head>Production History</head> <p/> </section> <section type="recepthist"> <head>Reception</head> <p/> </section> <section type="icon"> <head>Iconograpic</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/> </section> <section type="autobio"> <head>Autobiographical</head> <p/> </section> <section type="biblio"> <head>Bibliographic</head> <p> <bibl> <author>Allen</author>, <xref doc="a.artbull.001" link="dead">“<title level="wrk">One Strangling Golden Hair”. Edelstein, “ Rossetti and the Sensation Novel ,” 180-193. Elzea, <hi rend="i">Bancroft and Related Collections</hi> , 114-117. Faxon, <hi rend="i">Dante Gabriel Rossetti</hi> , 201-203. Fennell, <hi rend="i">Rossetti-Leyland Letters</hi> , 14-17; 27-37. Marillier, <hi rend="i">DGR: An Illustrated Memorial</hi> , 132-134, 154. Miller, “ The Mirror's Secret ”. Phythian, <hi rend="i">Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood</hi> , 33. Pittman, “Strumpet and the Snake”. Radford, <hi rend="i">Dante Gabriel Rossetti</hi> , 26. Smith, “ <title level="pic" rend="i">Lady Lilith and the Language of Flowers ”. Stephens, <hi rend="i">Dante Gabriel Rossetti</hi> , 66-69. Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. I, no. 205R-1. Swinburne, <hi rend="i">Notes on the Royal Academy Exhibition, 1868</hi> , 46-47.

Lady Lilith. Watercolour. D. G. Rossetti. 1867 Beware of her fair hair, for she excels All women in the magic of her locks; And when she winds them round a young man's neck, She will not ever set him free again. Goethe The text (which gives Shelley's translation) appear in holograph on a slip of paper pasted on the back of the picture.