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Sir Galahad, Sir Bors and Sir Percival Receiving the Sanc Grael (unfinished study)
Alternately titled: The Attainment of the Sanc Grael
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1857
Physical Description
Medium: pen and brown ink; Indian ink for Sir Galahad's head; some brown wash over faint red chalk
Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 13 3/4 in.
Production Description
Production Date: 1857
Exhibition History: R.A., 1973 (no.139)
Model: Algernon Swinburne
Note: According to WMR, Algernon Swinburne was the model for the head of the central
figure.
Model: Elizabeth Siddal?
Note: The Angel of the Grail resembles Elizabeth Siddal.
Provenance
Current Location: British Museum
Catalog Number: 1910-12-10-3
Archival History: Rossetti Sale (lot 64), £14. 14
s.; Colonel Gillum Bequest; British Museum
Reproductions
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Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 125. -
Wood, Drawings of DGR , plate VIII.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name:
s94a.rap.xml
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