Beatrice Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1 Courtesy of Peter Nahum at Leicester Galleries: www.leicestergalleries.com Beatrice DGR 1879 Charles Butler Rossetti Sale (lot 104, entitled: Head of a Lady ); C. A. Howell; Charles Butler, £40.; His grandson Charles Butler oil 13 1/2 x 11 in. The artist has inscribed on a label on the back of the frame: “Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare.” monogram 1879 The monogram and date are inscribed at upper left. Gowans and Gray, Masterpieces of DGR , 47. Jane Burden Morris <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>Surtees notes this as a replica of the head of <xref doc="a.s213.rap">Mariana</xref> (<xref doc="a.n6797.r58s9.vol1.rad" from="152" workcode="s256">152</xref>).</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>Gowans and Gray</author>, <xref doc="a.ac-gowans.759.2r735m393.rad" from="47" workcode="s256"> <title level="bk"> <hi rend="i">Masterpieces of DGR</hi> , 47. Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 1, 152 (no. 256).