William Michael Rossetti (1829-1919)
Herbert Harlakenden Gilchrist (1857 - 1914)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1895
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1250 x 1000 mm
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Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1288959
Caption
Befitting to a literary man, this portrait shows William Rossetti in his study, at 3 St. Edmund's Terrace, Primrose Hill, London, which was his home from 1890 until his death. In the top left corner is a version of ‘La Donna della Finestra’ (1879), by his brother, Dante Gabriel, whose tie pin he is shown wearing. The unidentified creature in a cage in the bottom left corner, possibly an owl, is perhaps a reference to William's interest in animals: his journal of the 1890s records regular visits to the Zoological Gardens near his home.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, William Michael Rossetti (1829-1919) by Herbert Harlakenden Gilchrist (London 1857 - London 1914, fl.1876-1914), circa 1895. A full-length portrait of a mature man, seated in red chair to right, looking to left in his study. The painting La Donna della Finestra hangs on the wall behind him on the left. As befits a literary man, this portrait shows him in his study, at 3 St. Edmund's Terrace, Primrose Hill, London, which was his home from 1890 until his death. He is wearing his brother's tie pin, and in the top left corner is a version of Rossetti's 'La Donna della Finestra ' (1879) of Jane Morris by his brother, Dante Gabriel; William owned a study for it. The unidentified creature in a cage in the bottom left corner, possibly an owl, is perhaps a reference to William's interest in animals: his journal of the 1890s records regular visits to the Zoological Gardens near his home.
Provenance
Stone Gallery, Newcastle; Mrs Virginia Surtees, by whom donated through the Art Fund, 1976.
Makers and roles
Herbert Harlakenden Gilchrist (1857 - 1914) , artist
References
National Art Collections Fund, 1976: National Art Collections Fund, Annual Report 1976, p 43, No. 2626