Water Willow Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1 1871
Jane Burden Morris <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>The painting was made sometime between early July and early October 1871, when DGR and Mrs. Morris were together at Kelmscott Manor, which DGR had taken as joint tenant with Morris the previous May. The picture shows the manor in the distant background and the river Thames in the nearer background. The painting is perhaps glossed by the ballad that DGR wrote at the same time, then titled as this picture but now known as <xref doc="a.1-1876.raw"> <title level="wrk">“A Death-Parting” .

Textual History: Composition

Textual History: Revision

Production History

Executed in 1871, the picture was not sold until 1877 when it was purchased by J. A. Turner (see Fredeman, <hi rend="i">Correspondence</hi> , 77. 119 ).

Reception

Iconographic

Pictorial

Historical

Literary

Translation

Autobiographical

Bibliographic

Marillier, <hi rend="i">DGR: An IIlustrated Memorial</hi> , 165 Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 1, 127-128 (no. 226). Wildman, <hi rend="i">Visions of Love and Life</hi> , 276-278.

Reproduction Masterpieces of D. G. Rossetti (1828-1882): Sixty Reproductions of Photographs from the Original Oil-paintings 1923 0 Kelmscott design for the background of Rossetti's Water Willow [1] DGR 1871 (circa) pencil 1 Kelmscott design for the background of Rossetti's Water Willow [2] DGR 1871 (circa) pencil 1 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, An Illustrated Memorial of His Art and Life H. C. Marillier 1899 0 Water Willow DGR; retouched in 1893 by Fairfax Murray 1871 oil 7 Water Willow DGR 1871 coloured chalks on pale green paper 2 Architectural Sketches DGR 1871 (circa) pencil on white unlined paper 1 Landscape Sketch DGR 1871 (circa) pencil on white unlined paper 1 Landscape Sketch DGR 1871 (circa) pencil on white unlined paper 1 Water Willow [print] unknown 1871-1913 (circa) photoprint (sepia) mounted on bristol board 1 Water Willow [print] unknown 1871-1913 (circa) photoprint (sepia) mounted on board. 1 Water Willow [print] 1871-1913 (circa) photoprint (brown) mounted on off-white board 1 Water Willow [print] DGR 1871-1913 (circa) photoprint (faded brown and cream) mounted on beige board 1 Water Willow [print] DGR 1871-1913 (circa) photoprint (charcoal/brown and cream) mounted on cream board 1 Water Willow [print] DGR 1904 photoprint (charcoal/grey and cream), unmounted 1 Water Willow [print] DGR 1904 photoprint (faded charcoal/brown and gold/cream), unmounted 1 Water Willow [print] DGR 1893 (circa) photoprint (charcoal/brown and gold/cream) mounted on cream board 1 Water Willow [print] DGR 1904 photoprint (brown/charcoal and cream), unmounted 1