‘Red Lion Mary’

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

General Description

Date: 1856-1859 (circa)
Model: Mrs. Mary Nicholson

Bibliography

◦ Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 1, 182 (no. 418).

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

Mrs. Nicholson, know in DGR's circle as “Red Lion Mary”, was the housekeeper at Red Lion Square. See DGR's letter to her in response to her letter of condolence on the death of DGR's wife ( Fredeman, Correspondence, 62. 19 ).

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