The Prince's Progress - Complete Design for the Frontispiece
1865 – 1866
Accession number: 1904P429
Pencil on paper.
Width: 111 mm
Height: 163 mm
Information
A study for the frontispiece to Christina Rossetti's 'The Prince's Progress and Other Poems' (published by Macmillan and Co, 1866) which illustrates the line 'The long hours go and come and go'.See object numbers 1904P406-413 and 1904P418-431 for Rossetti's other designs for 'The Prince's Progress'. This is more finished, with title letters, than 1904P426.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title: The Prince's Progress/ And Other Poems/ by Christina Rossetti/ The long hours go and come and go/ London and Cambridge/ Macmillan and Co - 1866 | ||||
| - | - | Handwritten | - | Pencil |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Raphaelite Art From Birmingham | |||
| 47 | Hong Kong Museum of Art | 1984-10-19 - 1984-12-02 | |
| 'Christina Rossetti 1830-1894' | |||
| - | National Portrait Gallery, London | 1994-11-18 - 1995-02-12 | |
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. 335. |
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828-1882, The Paintings and Drawings: A Catalogue Raisonne | |||
| Virginia Surtees | 1971 | - | vol. 1, no. 186B, p. 109. |
Provenance
| Charles Howell; F R Leyland; Leyland Sale, Christie's 28 May 1892 (probably part of lot 20a); Charles Fairfax Murray |
Associated people
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Christina Rossetti | Author |
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