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Lady Lilith [print]

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1864-1890 (circa)

Physical Description

Medium: Hand-colored photoprint (probably watercolour), mounted on board.
Dimensions: Print: 10 3/8 x 9 1/16 in.; Board: 14 5/8 x 13 in.
Other production information determined from the object: Slight water stains at bottom of board.
Note: W.A. Mansell and Co.

Production Description

Production Date: 1864-1890 (circa)

Provenance

Current Location: Delaware Art Museum

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

A faithful color reproduction of photographs was not possible until around 1907. Before this, one solution was to hand-color black and white prints. This process was only rarely applied to prints of DGR's work.

Lady Lilith [print]
Copyright: ©Delaware Art Museum, Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Collection

Included Text

Sam'l Bancroft, Jr.,

Rockford

Wilmington, Delaware.
Note: Blue inked Bancroft stamp at center of verso.
Manuscript Addition: #148, Marillier. 1864-6-7, p. 134.
Editorial Description: Pencil notation at top left of board.
Editorial Note: The reference is to Marillier, DGR: An Illustrated Memorial , 134.
Manuscript Addition: D.G.R.
Editorial Description: Pencil notation below print, left.
Manuscript Addition: Mansell
Editorial Description: Pencil notation below print, right.
Manuscript Addition: Lilith - (first State) / As first done from “Fanny”
Editorial Description: Pencil notation below print, center.
Manuscript Addition: S205 (Cornforth)
Editorial Description: Pencil notation at lower left of verso.
Editorial Note: The reference is to the work's catalogue number in Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné .
Manuscript Addition: 14
Editorial Description: Pencil notation, rendered upside down, at lower right of verso.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name: sa332.sa14.rap.xml