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A study for the oil painting The Beloved (The Bride, 1865-66), now in the Tate collection. According to an entry in William Michael Rossetti's diary, the boy was employed as a servant and was spotted by Rossetti at the door of a hotel. Modern commentators have discussed this drawing in terms of diverse beauty, others have interpreted it as racist.
- 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 |
Study of Marie Ford / by D.G.Rossetti / 1864 |
Notes |
reverse |
Handwritten |
- |
Pencil |
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Exhibitions
Catalogue No. |
Venue |
Date(s) |
Pictures, Drawings, Designs and Studies by the Late Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
131 |
Burlington Fine Arts Club, London |
1883 - 1883 |
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Pre-Raphaelite Drawings |
- |
Midlands Federation, Lichfield |
1961 - 1961 |
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
37 |
Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo |
1990-09-22 - 1990-11-14 |
37 |
Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, Nagoya |
1990-11-17 - 1990-12-09 |
37 |
Ishibashi Museum of Art, Kurume |
1991-01-08 - 1991-02-14 |
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Black Victorians: Black People in British Art 1800-1900 |
85 |
Manchester Art Gallery |
2005-10-15 - 2006-01-06 |
85 |
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
2006-01-28 - 2006-04-02 |
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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 |
under no. 177. |
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Rossetti Papers 1862-1870 |
William Michael Rossetti |
1903 |
Sands and Co., London |
- |
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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.331. |
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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. 182E, p. 106; vol. 2, pl. 268. |
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Pre-Raphaelite Drawings: Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
Andrea Rose |
1977 |
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London |
no. 1F6. |
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Black Victorians: Black People in British Art 1800-1900 |
Jan Marsh |
2005 |
Lund Humphries, Aldershot |
p. 160. |
Provenance
George P Boyce; Charles Fairfax Murray. |
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