Elizabeth Siddal
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1861 (circa)
Physical Description
Medium: pencil
Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 7 1/8 in.
Signature: monogram
Note: The monogram and location are inscribed at lower left: “Blackfriars.”
Production Description
Production Date: 1861 (circa)
Exhibition History: B.F.A.C., 1883 (no.98); Ashmolean Museum,
Rossetti's Portraits of Elizabeth Siddal, 1991 (no.32)
Model: Elizabeth Siddal
Provenance
Current Location: Many believe this piece was destroyed in WWII.
Archival History: H.T. Wells; Mrs. Arthur Street
Reproductions
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Angeli, Dante Gabriel Rossetti , 30. -
Surtees, Portraits of Elizabeth Siddal, 42, plate 32. -
Marillier, DGR: An Illustrated Memorial , [58a recto].
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name:
s479.rap.xml
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
A tracing of this sketch survives.
Bibliography