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One of two pencil drawings in the Birmingham collection of Ada Vernon, known as the model for one of Rossetti's watercolours Monna Pomona (1865, Tate collection).
- Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1903.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
Association |
Artist |
Organisation |
Artist |
Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
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Inscriptions
Type |
Position(s) |
Method |
Date(s) |
Notes |
[monogram] 1853 |
Monogram |
bottom centre |
Handwritten |
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Pencil |
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Exhibitions
Catalogue No. |
Venue |
Date(s) |
Pre-Raphaelite Drawings |
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Midlands Federation, Lichfield |
1961 - 1961 |
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Pre-Raphaelite Women |
27 |
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
1985-10-09 - 1986-01-02 |
27 |
Stoke-on-Trent Museum and Art Gallery |
1986-09-13 - 1986-10-19 |
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visions |
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Literature
Author(s) |
Date(s) |
Publisher |
Pages |
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: an Illustrated Memorial of his Art and Life |
H C Marillier |
1899 |
George Bell and Sons, London |
no. 359. |
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City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings |
A E Whitley |
1939 |
Bemrose & Sons, Ltd., Derby |
p. 352. |
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828-1882, The Paintings and Drawings: A Catalogue Raisonne |
Virginia Surtees |
1971 |
Oxford University Press, London |
vol. 1, no. 527, p. 199. |
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Pre-Raphaelite Drawings: Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
Andrea Rose |
1977 |
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London |
no. 3A11. |
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Pre-Raphaelite Portraits |
Andrea Rose |
1981 |
The Oxford Illustrated Press, Yeovil |
p. 105. |
Provenance
Given by the artist to the sitter (afterwards Mrs Hemblen) upon her marriage; bought by Charles Fairfax Murray from her son's executor's. |
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