Mrs. Morris and the Wombat Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1 © Licensed by the Trustees of the British Museum Mrs. Morris and the Wombat DGR 1869 (circa) British Museum 1939-5-13-1.(3.) gift Jane Burden Morris; May Morris; gift to Dr. Robert Steele pen and ink 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 2, plate 441. “An aureoled Mrs. Morris leading a wombat by a ribbon across the cloudy floor of heaven” (Graham Robertson, quoted in Surtees vol. 1, 211). Jane Burden Morris <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>The drawing is one of the best of his comical treatments of his pet wombat. The association it makes between Mrs. Morris and the animal connects the two texts, <xref doc="a.post-taylor1.rad" workcode="36-1869.s607">Parted Love!</xref> and<xref doc="a.12-1869.raw">Parted Love</xref>.</p> </section> <section type="prodhist"> <head>Production History</head> <p/> </section> <section type="recepthist"> <head>Reception</head> <p/> </section> <section type="icon"> <head>Iconograpic</head> <p/> </section> <section type="pictorial"> <head>Pictorial</head> <p/> </section> <section type="historical"> <head>Historical</head> <p/> </section> <section type="literary"> <head>Literary</head> <p/> </section> <section type="autobio"> <head>Autobiographical</head> <p/> </section> <section type="biblio"> <head>Bibliographic</head> <p> <bibl> <author>Surtees</author>, <xref doc="a.n6797.r58s9.vol1.rad" from="211" workcode="s607"> <title level="bk"> <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 1, 211 (no. 607). Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 2, plate 441.