Mrs. William Morris
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1865
Physical Description
Medium: pencil
Dimensions: 17 1/2 x 13 1/4 in.
Signature: monogram
Date on Image: 1865
Note: Monogram and date located in lower right corner.
Production Description
Production Date: 1865
Model: Jane Burden Morris
Provenance
Current Location: Raphael Esmerian
Archival History: Mrs. Thomas Ayres, from whom it was purchased by Sir Sydney Cockerell in 1905;
bought by H.P. Kraus in 1957 for £500; Raphael Esmerian
Description: “Head in profile to right, slightly lowered. Hair worn in a narrow plait over the crown of the head. The dress is rolled
down at the neck into a soft collar,” (see Surtees,
A Catalogue Raisonné
, vol. 1, 175).
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
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