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A Girl
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1856-1869 (circa)
Physical Description
Medium: pencil
Dimensions: 4 15/16 x 3 1/2 in.
Production Description
Production Date: 1856-1869 (circa)
Model: J. St. George[?]
Note: On the verso, in Rossetti's hand, there reads: “J. St. G.”
Surtees records that the
Birmingham Catalogue believes this is DGR's record of the model, J. St. George, a daughter of
Madame Vestris.
Provenance
Current Location: Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery
Catalog Number: 389'04
Archival History: Fanny Cornforth; Fairfax Murray; Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name:
s734.rap.xml
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
Surtees questions whether this sketch might be a study for Red Lion Mary , where the position of the head is similar to this sketch.
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