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A Christmas Carol

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1857-1858

Physical Description

Medium: watercolour

Dimensions: 13 1/4 x 11 1/2

Signature: monogram

Date on Image: Xmas 1857-8

Note: Monogram and date are inscribed at upper left.

Production Description

Production Date: 1857-1858

Exhibition History: Liverpool 1858 (no.301); R.A., 1883 (no.366); Leeds Municipal Art Gallery 1889; Manchester, Ruskin Exhibition, 1904 (no.15); R.A., Winter 1906 (no.92); Cambridge 1946 (no.65)

Model: Elizabeth Siddal

Note: Elizabeth Siddal sat for the principal female figure.

Provenance

Current Location: Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University

Catalog Number: 1943. 490

Purchase Price: Bequest

Archival History: James Leathart; Fairfax Murray; Grenville L. Winthrop; Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University

Scholarly Commentary

Reception

For a different (oil) version with the same title see A Christmas Carol .

Bibliography

Angeli, DGR con 107 illustrazioni , 105.
Grieve, “Furniture in Rossetti,”16-17.
Marillier, DGR: An Illustrated Memorial , 50, 82-3, 84b recto, 131, 145.
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 1, 55 (no. 98).
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 134.

Copyright: Courtesy of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop. Photo Credit: Rick Stafford. Image copyright: ©President and Fellows of Harvard College, Harvard University.

Reproductions

Angeli, DGR con 107 illustrazioni , 105.
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 134.
Marillier, DGR: An Illustrated Memorial , 84b recto.
Delaware Art Museum print.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1

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