Alexa Wilding

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1866

Physical Description

Medium: red chalk on grey paper
Dimensions: 21 3/4 x 20 in.
Signature: monogram
Date on Image: 1866
Note: The monogram and date are inscribed at right.

Production Description

Production Date: 1866
Model: Alexa Wilding

Provenance

Current Location: Joseph Koegel
Archival History: Aldam Heaton; Christopher Calthrop; Sotheby's sale May 9, 1962 (lot 101), £55.; Waddington Galleries; Rex Evans Gallery, Los Angelos

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

See general commentary for the drawing in coloured chalks on pale blue paper.

Bibliography

Description: The subject's head and shoulders are shown with the head in profile to the left, and her hands raised to her necklace.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
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