Christina Rossetti
(1830-1894), PoetChristina Georgina Rossetti
Sitter in 6 portraits
Poet; best known for her lyrical poems on the theme of unhappy love and loss; also wrote religious and meditative poetry and verse for children; among her best-known works are ''Goblin Market'' and '' Other Poems'', 1862, and ''The Prince's Progress'', 1866; she was sister of the poet and painter D.G. Rossetti, and of the art critic W.M.Rossetti.
by Lewis Carroll
albumen print, 7 October 1863
NPG P56
by Lewis Carroll
albumen print, 7 October 1863
NPG P1273(25b)
Christina Rossetti; Frances Mary Lavinia Rossetti (née Polidori)
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
chalk, 1877
NPG 990
after Dante Gabriel Rossetti
photograph of drawing, albumen print, 1877
NPG P1273(1b)
by Elliott & Fry
albumen print, 1880s
NPG P1700(11c)
acrylic on paper collaged on panels, 2021-2022
On display in Room 33 on Floor 0 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 7145
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Related People
- Oliva Frances Madox Agresti (née Rossetti) (niece)
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (brother)
- Frances Mary Lavinia Rossetti (née Polidori) (mother)
- Maria Francesca Rossetti (sister)
- Mary Elizabeth Madox Rossetti (niece)
- Michael Ford Rossetti (nephew)
- William Michael Rossetti (brother)
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