Maria Francesca Rossetti
(1827-1876), Writer; sister of Dante Gabriel, William and Christina RossettiSitter in 3 portraits
Maria Francesca Rossetti was an English author. She was the sister of artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti as well as William Michael Rossetti and Christina Georgina Rossetti, who dedicated her poem Goblin Market to Maria. Rossetti is best remembered for her work The Shadow of Dante: Being an essay towards studying himself, his world, and his pilgrimage. (1871). Late in life, she became an Anglican nun.
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1860s
NPG P1273(26b)
Maria Francesca Rossetti; Frances Mary Lavinia Rossetti (née Polidori); Dante Gabriel Rossetti
by Lewis Carroll
albumen print, 7 October 1863
NPG P1273(21b)
by Lewis Carroll
albumen print, 7 October 1863
NPG P1273(25b)
Related People
- Oliva Frances Madox Agresti (née Rossetti) (niece)
- Christina Georgina Rossetti (sister)
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (brother)
- Frances Mary Lavinia Rossetti (née Polidori) (mother)
- Mary Elizabeth Madox Rossetti (niece)
- Michael Ford Rossetti (nephew)
- William Michael Rossetti (brother)
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