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First sketch for Hamlet and Ophelia, this may be Elizabeth Siddal sitting for this subject, though there are no psychological clues. The open arm of Hamlet has been re-drawn into a closed position.

  • 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
tl: Ch off corner/ bl: Ch bottom corner
- - Handwritten - Pencil
 

Exhibitions

Catalogue No. Venue Date(s)
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
215 City Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham 1947-06-07 - 1947-07-27
 
Paintings and Drawings by the Pre-Raphaelites and their Followers
93 Russell-Coates Art Gallery, Bournemouth 1951-06-04 - 1951-08-07
 

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 p. 96.
 
City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings
A E Whitley 1939 Bemrose & Sons, Ltd., Derby p. 320
 
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828-1882, The Paintings and Drawings: A Catalogue Raisonne
Virginia Surtees 1971 Oxford University Press, London vol. 1, no. 108A, p. 61; vol. 2, pl. 153.
 
Pre-Raphaelite Drawings: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Andrea Rose 1977 The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London no. 1C12.

Provenance

G P Boyce; Charles Fairfax Murray

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