The Passover in the Holy Family [print] Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1 ©Delaware Art Museum, Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Collection The Passover in the Holy Family DGR print by Hollyer 1870-1913 (circa) from a photograph by Hollyer Delaware Art Museum photoprint (color) mounted on white construction paper matte Print: 23 x 25 cm.; Board (paper): 40.7 x 30.5 cm. Digital images of the overlay verso and the picture panel versoare available. Vertical and horizontal pencil marks extend from the cut-out picture window on overlay verso. The verso of the overlay has a square of white paper stapled to the right edge of the matte. A beige rectangle is mounted to the bottom right corner of the main panel verso. Brown bordering divides the rectangle into thirds. The print opens like a card with left framing panel; the picture is mounted on the inside of right panel. <artist/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnpictorial> <citnmythic> <name/> <culture/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnmythic> <citnhistorical> <event/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnhistorical> <citnautobiographical> <name/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnautobiographical> <citnscenic> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnscenic> </listcitn> </source> <commentaries> <head>Commentary</head> <section type="intro"> <head>Introduction</head> <p>Commentary is not yet available for this image.</p> </section> <section type="prodhist"> <head>Production History</head> <p> </p> </section> <section type="recepthist"> <head>Reception</head> <p> </p> </section> <section type="icon"> <head>Iconograpic</head> <p> </p> </section> <section type="pictorial"> <head>Pictorial</head> <p> </p> </section> <section type="historical"> <head>Historical</head> <p> </p> </section> <section type="literary"> <head>Literary</head> <p> </p> </section> <section type="autobio"> <head>Autobiographical</head> <p> </p> </section> <section type="biblio"> <head>Bibliographic</head> <p> </p> </section> </commentaries> </profiledesc> <revisiondesc/> </ramheader> <text> <body> <div0 anchor="0.1" type="PICTURENOTES" n="1"> <p> <quote> <lb/> <title level="pic">Sprinkling the Lintel. Water color painted in 1857, and exhibited in 1858.Owned by George Rae.Zacharias sprinkles the door and lintel with bloodfrom the bown which Christ holds, whileMary gathers the bitter herbs for the Passover. Joseph hasbrought the lamb, and Elizabeth lights the pyre. The shoes which Johnfastens upon the feet of Jesus arealso part of the ritual.This water color is done in the manner of the truePre-Raphaelite work of Rossetti, with simplicity and careful detail,after the type of design in the Annun-ciation etc. Henever surpassed in later years thecharm of these early water colors. These typed lines appear on a square of white paper stapled to the bottom right verso of the overlay. Colour Print by Fredk. Hollyer 9 Pembroke Square, Kensington, W. This the text on a beige rectangle mounted to the panel verso. Brown bordering divides the panel into thirds. This note was typed, not stamped, on the top third of the rectangle. passover; Written on the inside of overlay, across top of cut-out frame, in pencil, cursive. Sprinkling the Lintel D.G. Rossetti. Written on the middle third of the rectangle in black ink, cursive. No. 2. Fredk Hollyer Number and signature of Hollyer in brown type and black ink.