Found (slight sketch of two figures)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1852? (circa early 1850's)?
Physical Description
Medium: pen and ink on black-edged writing paper
Dimensions: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.
Note: There is a note on the verso by WMR: “Early sketch for Found by Gabriel”.
Production Description
Production Date: 1852? (circa early 1850's)?
Provenance
Current Location: William E. Fredeman
Archival History: WMR; Mrs. Helen Rossetti Angeli; William E. Fredeman
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name:
sx4.s64.rap.xml
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This is perhaps the earliest sketch for a design of the complete picture. Surtees notes that ‘outside the margin at the upper and lower left corners a circle suggests a design for the frame’ ( A Catalogue Raisonné , 233).
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