The Damsel of the Sanct Grael Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1 The Damsel of the Sanct Grael DGR 1874 R.A., 1883 (no.311); Guildhall, 1895 (no.41); R.A., Pre-Raphaelites and Other Masters, 2003 Collection of Lord Andrew Lloyd–Webber George Rae; Edward Rae; Charles Rae; Mrs. Robert Rae Catto; Lord Andrew Lloyd–Webber oil 36 1/4 x 22 3/4in. monogram 1874 Monogram and date are inscribed at lower right. <hi rend="i">Highly Important Nineteenth-Century European Paintings and Drawings</hi> , Sotheby's London, 23 June 1981. Marillier, <hi rend="i">DGR: An Illustrated Memorial</hi> , 176b recto. Angeli, DGR con 107 illustrazioni , 125. Masterpieces of DGR (Gowans and Gray), 51. Alexa Wilding <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>Although titled as the 1857 <xref doc="a.s91.rap">watercolour</xref>, this picture is radically different not only in point of its iconography. It also exhibits the more sensuous style of DGR's later work.</p> </section> <section type="prodhist"> <head>Production History</head> <p>DGR executed this picture quickly in the early winter of 1874, as he told Thomas Gordon Hake (see <bibl> <author>Fredeman</author>, <xref doc="a." link="dead"> <title level="doc"> <hi rend="i">Correspondence</hi> 74. 262 ).

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Angeli, DGR con 107 illustrazioni , 125. Marillier, <hi rend="i">An Illustrated Memorial</hi> , 80 [80c verso], 175 [176b recto]. Masterpieces of DGR (Gowans and Gray), 51. Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 1, 51 (no. 91.R-1). <xref doc="a.soth23.6.1981.rad" link="dead"> <hi rend="i">Highly Important Nineteenth-Century European Paintings and Drawings</hi> </xref>, Sotheby's London, 23 June 1981.