Eighteenth Century Ladies Meeting
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1849
Physical Description
Medium: ink and brown wash
Dimensions: 8.25 x 6.5 in
Signature: none
Date on Image: none
Production Description
Production Date: 1849
Provenance
Note: Sold at Duke's, 12 April 2012 (lot 160,
Catalogue 56-47.)
The dating of the picture and its title are supplied by WMR in the presentation label to
Effie Ritchie that accompanies the picture. Neither are DGR's.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name:
sa936.rap.xml
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
The title, supplied by WMR in his presentation label, is a response to the style of the women's dress. That the picture might well be an illustration from a scene in a play or a novel is suggested by the hovering head of the censorious older woman.