Portrait of Major Calder Campbell
1847 – 1851
Accession number: 1904P249
Pencil on paper.
Width: 86 mm
Height: 112 mm
Information
Major Calder Campbell was a close friend of Rossetti's from around 1847 to 1851.
- Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1903.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Dante Gabriel Rossetti | - |
Inscriptions
| Type | Position(s) | Method | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major Calder Campbell had a sonnet in the Germ and wrote a multitude of poems &c in magazines - Gabriel knew him very intimately from about 1847 to 51 - He died towards '58 - This drawing may date 1849 [probably W. M. Rossetti's hand] | ||||
| Notes | reverse | Handwritten | - | Pencil |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood | |||
| 234 | City Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham | 1947-06-07 - 1947-07-27 | |
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. 312. |
| City of Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery Catalogue of The Permanent Collection of Drawings | |||
| A E Whitley | 1939 | Bemrose & Sons, Ltd., Derby | p. 347. |
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828-1882, The Paintings and Drawings: A Catalogue Raisonne | |||
| Virginia Surtees | 1971 | Oxford University Press, London | vol. 1, no. 279, pp. 159-60. |
| Pre-Raphaelite Drawings: Dante Gabriel Rossetti | |||
| Andrea Rose | 1977 | The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London | no. 3C3. |
| Pre-Raphaelite Portraits | |||
| Andrea Rose | 1981 | Oxford Illustrated Press, Yeovil | p. 86. |
Provenance
| Fanny Cornforth, Charles Fairfax Murray |
Associated people
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Major Calder Campbell | Depicted |
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