Dante Gabriel Rossetti
(1828-1882), Painter and poetLater Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 29 portraits
Artist associated with 22 portraits
Rossetti was a painter and poet; studied at the Royal Academy where he began translating Dante. He was a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (1848), and closely associated with Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris. After the death of his first wife and model Elizabeth Siddal, Rossetti would rekindle a long and complicated relationship with his model, muse, and wife of his friend William, Jane Morris, whom he met whilst working on the Oxford Union murals. Images of Jane filled his pictures and poems, creating the Pre-Raphaelite image of the 'femme fatale'.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Dante Gabriel Rossetti featured in augmented reality app
by Paul Jonnard, after John Hancock
reproduction of line engraving after plaster medallion, 1846-1902, based on a work of September 1846
NPG P1273(56)
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
pencil and white chalk on paper, 1847
NPG 857
William Michael Rossetti; Dante Gabriel Rossetti
by (Henry) Mark Anthony
albumen print, circa 1853
NPG P1273(26h)
by Lewis Carroll
albumen print, 7 October 1863
NPG P56
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)
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
watercolour and ink, circa 1870
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by George Frederic Watts
oil on linen, circa 1871
NPG 1011
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
pencil, circa 1875-1880
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Theodore Watts-Dunton
by Henry Treffry Dunn
gouache and watercolour, 1882
NPG 3022
after Ford Madox Brown
photograph of plaster cast of bust, albumen print, late 19th century, based on a work of 1883
NPG P1273(20b)
after Ford Madox Brown
photograph of plaster cast of bust, albumen print, 1885-1886
NPG P1273(19a)
after Ford Madox Brown
photograph of plaster cast of bust, albumen print, 1885-1886
NPG P1273(19b)
after Ford Madox Brown
photograph of plaster cast of bust, albumen print, 1885-1886
NPG P1273(19c)
after Ford Madox Brown
photograph of plaster cast of bust, albumen print, 1885-1886
NPG P1273(19d)
attributed to Simeon Solomon
facsimile of drawing
NPG 1510
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1880s (December 1862)
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by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, December 1862
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Related People
- Oliva Frances Madox Agresti (née Rossetti) (niece)
- Christina Georgina Rossetti (sister)
- Elizabeth Eleanor Rossetti (née Siddal) (wife)
- 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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