Rossetti, Deverell and MacCracken

One of a series of comical drawings DGR sent in letters to Walter Howell Deverell in 1853, all satirizing their patron Francis MacCracken. This drawing is integral to the letter. MacCracken stands shocked before an easel; Rossetti and Deverell drink wine at a table in back. At the lower right is a smiling cherub with the caption: “a cherub that sees them.” A brief dialogic skit is written over the drawing.