The Question or The Sphinx
after Dante Gabriel Rossetti (London 1828 - Birchington 1882)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1902
Materials
Photogravure on paper
Measurements
230 mm (H); 190 mm (W); 285 mm (H); 245 mm (W)
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Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1288125
Summary
Print, photogravure on paper, The Question or The Sphinx after Dante Gabriel Rossetti (London 1828 - Birchington 1882). A photogravure after a drawing dated 1875, of a youth about to swoon, a sphinx, a messenger figure and an old man leaning on staff, a river and foliage behind. Print from Easter Art Journal 1902 p18.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust on the death of Sir Geoffrey Mander 1962
Marks and inscriptions
Printed description on reverse
Makers and roles
after Dante Gabriel Rossetti (London 1828 - Birchington 1882), artist