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May Morris

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1872

Physical Description

Medium: Probably chalk. Surtees says oil or watercolor, but in a letter DGR describes a chalk drawing of May Morris (see WMR, Family Letters , vol. 2, 265).

Dimensions: unknown

Signature: monogram

Date on Image: 1872

Note: Monogram and date located on a trompe l'oeil paper in lower center.

Production Description

Production Date: 1872

Model: May Morris

Note: Younger daughter of William and Jane Morris (b. 1862).

Provenance

Current Location: unknown/Private Collection

Note: Referencing Christie's Images as his source, Russell Ash says the painting rests in an unidentified private collection (see Ash, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 12).

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

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Bibliography

Ash, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 12.
WMR, Family Letters , vol. 2, 265.
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 1, 174 (no. 362).

Included Text

MM aetat. X

DGR del. 1872

Note: Written on a trompe l'oeil paper in the lower center.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1

File Name: s362.rap.xml