Cavalier abducting a Woman
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (London 1828 - Birchington 1882)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1852 - 1853
Materials
Pen, ink and sepia on blue paper
Measurements
248 x 168 mm
Order this imageCollection
Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1288094
Summary
Pen, ink and sepia drawing on blue paper, Cavalier abducting a Woman by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (London 1828 - Birchington 1882), signed in monogram, perhaps by a later hand, lower right: DGR, 1862/53. The subject is likely to have been drawn from or intended as an illustrtion to a work of historical lierature or the stage.
Provenance
Thomas Ayres, Christie's, Kew sale, 2nd May 1907(241), bought in;[...]; given to National Trust by an anonymous donor, 2004
Makers and roles
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (London 1828 - Birchington 1882), artist
References
Spencer-Longhurst 2011 Paul Spencer-Longhurst, 'Works on paper by Rossetti, Burne-Jones and their contemporaries recently donated to Wightwick Manor', The Burlington Magazine, Vol CLII, no. 1297, April 2011, pp. 232-240, 1.fig. 20 Surtees, 1816-1840: Robert Surtees. The history and antiquities of the county palatinate of Durham:.. and illustrated by engravings of architectural and monumental antiquities … Vol. 2. London: 1816-1840. pp.253-4., 683