Lady Lilith - Figure Study
1868
Accession number: 1904P343
Pencil on paper.
Width: 156 mm
Height: 186 mm
Information
A sketch for the painting Lady Lilith drawn from Fanny Cornforth, taken from one of the artist's notebooks. The design is closer to the final painting than the other sketch in Birmingham's collection as the figure has her hair down and is holding a mirror.
- Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1903.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Dante Gabriel Rossetti | - |
Literature
| Author(s) | Date(s) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings | |||
| A E Whitley | 1939 | Bemrose & Sons, Ltd., Derby | p. 329. |
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828-1882, The Paintings and Drawings: A Catalogue Raisonne | |||
| Virginia Surtees | 1971 | Oxford University Press, London | vol. 1, no. 205D, p. 117; vol. 2, pl. 296. |
| Pre-Raphaelite Drawings: Dante Gabriel Rossetti | |||
| Andrea Rose | 1977 | The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London | no. 1E12. |
| The Yellow-Haired Fiend: Rossetti and the Sensation Novel | |||
| T J Edelstein | 1979 | The Library Chronicle (University of Pennsylvania) | pp. 180-93. |
Provenance
| William Michael Rossetti, Charles Fairfax Murray |
Associated people
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Fanny Cornforth | Artist's model |
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