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Alexa Wilding

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1867 (circa)

Physical Description

Medium: pencil

Dimensions: 14 x 10 in.

Note: An inscription, probably by G. P. Boyce, appears on verso: “D. G. Rossetti to G. P. Boyce March 10 1867.”

Production Description

Production Date: 1867 (circa)

Exhibition History: Indianapolis and Huntington Hartford 1964 (no.65)

Model: Alexa Wilding

Provenance

Current Location: Rex Evans Gallery, Los Angeles

Archival History: G. P. Boyce; Coats Gallery, New York 1962

Scholarly Commentary

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Bibliography

Surtees, Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 1, 200 (no. 533).

Description: The subject's head appears in profile with her eyes lowered and the hair in a twisted chignon at the nape of the neck. The shoulders are merely indicated, and a hand suggested at left.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1

File Name: s533.rap.xml