Proserpine (watercolour replica)

In a letter to Jane Morris on February 10, 1878, DGR referred to a watercolour version of Proserpine, with which the recipient (F.S. Ellis) was delighted. He also mentions a failed attempt to photograph the work before it was sent to the buyer, resulting in a proof that required retouching (Fredeman, Correspondence, 78.28). There is no known record of this reproduction.

• Bryson and Troxell, DGR and Jane Morris: Their Correspondence, 50.
• Fredeman, Correspondence,78.4, 8, 28.
• Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 1, 132 (no. 233).