Lady Having her Hair Combed Out
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1855
Physical Description
Medium: pen, ink, and brown wash
Dimensions: 6 x 4.5 in
Signature: none
Date on Image: none
Production Description
Production Date: 1855
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:
sa937.rap.xml
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This image anticipates DGR's preoccupation with the figural representation of women's hair, particularly as it being combed out for dramatic display. See for example the drawings of Annie Miller, Fanny Cornforth, and Jane Morris. DGR's special fixation begins around 1860, and this particular scene is perhaps most dramaticaly presented in the Fitzwilliam Museum watercolour Morning Music .