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Study for My Lady Greensleeves

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1854 or 1863 (circa)

Physical Description

Medium: pencil on paper
Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.
Note: "Rossetti" is written on the back in the hand of George P. Boyce.

Production Description

Production Date: 1854 or 1863 (circa)
Model: Ellen Smith
Note: The model is probably Ellen Smith.

Provenance

Current Location: Private Collection of Andrew Lloyd Webber
Archival History: Sold by the artist in May 1866 to George P. Boyce; probably by Boyce, Christie's sale July 1, 1897, although not identified in the catalogue; Sotheby's sale October 24, 1978 (lot 2); Private Collection of Andrew Lloyd Webber, acquired 1993

Scholarly Commentary

Production History

According to Virginia Surtees, this is probably the work mentioned by Boyce in his diary: “Rossetti set down by Pope 13 pencil studies of head, of which 2 (one 3/4 of Ellen Smith) are gifts.”

Bibliography

  • Benedetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 239.
  • Highly Important Victorian Paintings and Drawings, Sotheby's Belgravia, 24 October 1978.
  • Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 1, 90 (no. 161).
  • Surtees, Diaries of George Price Boyce, 28.
Study for My Lady Greensleeves
Copyright: Highly Important Victorian Paintings and Drawings, Sotheby's Belgravia, 24 October 1978.

Reproductions

  1. Benedetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 239.

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