Ruth Herbert

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1858-59 (circa)

Physical Description

Medium: pencil
Technique: pencil on brown paper
Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.
Signature: monogram
Other production information determined from the object: “Miss Herbert, her gown” inscribed on the right in DGR's hand beneath an unidentified object.
Note: Monogram at right center.

Production Description

Production Date: 1858-59 (circa)
Exhibition History: Birmingham, 1947 (no.242); Port Sunlight, 1948 (no.165)
Model: Louisa Ruth Herbert Crabbe

Provenance

Current Location: Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester University
Catalog Number: 784
Archival History: Ruth Herbert; bequeathed to her son, Major A.B. Crabbe, 1921; Christie's Sale, February 17, 1922 (part of lot 18 or 19); purchased by Croal Thompson and sold for £10 to Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester University

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Ruth Herbert
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