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The Bower Meadow

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1872

Physical Description

Medium: oil

Dimensions: 33 1/2 x 26 1/2 in.

Signature: DGR

Date on Image: 1872

Note: Initials and date appear in the lower left corner.

Production Description

Production Date: 1872

Exhibition History: Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, 1905 (no.14); Manchester, 1911, (no.215); Wembley, 1925; Royal Scottish Academy, 1937; National Library of Wales, 1939-1945; Port Sunlight 1948 (no.172)

Original Cost: £735

Model: Alexa Wilding

Note: Alexa Wilding is the woman in the right foreground.

Model: Marie Spartali Stillman

Note: Marie Spartali Stillman is in the left foreground.

Provenance

Current Location: Manchester City Art Gallery

Catalog Number: 1909. 15

Archival History: Pilgeram & Lefevre; Walter Dunlop; Sir John Milburne; Manchester City Art Gallery

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

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Bibliography

Angeli, DGR con 107 illustrazioni , 103.
Marillier, DGR: An Illustrated Memorial , 33, 131, [170a recto]-171, 178.
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 1, 128-129 (no. 229).
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2 (plate 330).

Reproductions

Angeli, DGR con 107 illustrazioni , 103.
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2 (plate 330).
Marillier, DGR: An Illustrated Memorial, facing page 170.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1

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