The First Anniversary of the Death of Beatrice Dante drawing the Angel Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1 ©Royal Institute of British Architects, Drawings Collection The First Anniversary of the Death of Beatrice Dante drawing the Angel DGR 1848 September gift RIBA Drawings Collection, 21 Portman Square, London W1H 6LP 1963.15 pen and ink and pencil 11 x 9 1/8 in. G.C.D.R. Sept. 1848 The date and monogram are inscribed at lower right. Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 2, plate 28. <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>“Perhaps the first drawing for the subject; the grouping is essentially the same though the male figure on the extreme left and many of the accessories have not yet been introduced. The head and shoulders of Dante are much rubbed; also part of his clothing” (Surtees, <title level="bk"> <hi rend="i"> <xref doc="a.n6797.r58s9.vol1.rad" workcode="s42" from="12">A Catalogue Raisonné</xref> </hi> , vol. 1, 12 (no. 42B)). A sketch, or combination of sketches as the case may be, appears on the verso.

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Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 1, 12 (no. 42B). Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 2, plate 28.