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The Spirit of the Rainbow

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1876

Physical Description

Medium: black crayon

Dimensions: 41 1/2 x 28 1/2 in.

Signature: monogram

Date on Image: 1876

Note: The monogram and date are inscribed at lower right.

Production Description

Production Date: 1876

Exhibition History: R.A., Pre-Raphaelites and Other Masters, 2003

Patron: Watts–Dunton

Note: According to Surtees, Sir Sydney Cockerell told her in 1953 that Watts–Dunton had once told him that the model for the drawing was his mistress and that he had himself asked DGR to make this drawing of her.

Provenance

Current Location: Collection of Lord Andrew Lloyd-Webber

Archival History: Gift to T. Watts-Dunton; The Pines; Sotheby's sale March 22, 1939 (lot 63), £10; Douglas Langton; Evelyn Waugh; Trustees of the late Evelyn Waugh; Lord Andrew Lloyd-Webber

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

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Bibliography

Angeli, DGR con 107 illustrazioni , 90.
Benedetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 323.
Marillier, DGR: An Illustrated Memorial, viii, 135, facing 190, 191.
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 1, 145 (no. 245).
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 369.

Included Text

The Rainbow

Note: The title is inscribed at lower left.

Reproductions

Marillier, DGR: An Illustrated Memorial , facing page 191.
Angeli, DGR con 107 illustrazioni , 90.
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 369.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1

File Name: s245.rap.xml