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Dante Gabriel Rossetti

(1828-1882), Painter and poet

Later 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'.

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti, by Paul Jonnard, after  John Hancock - NPG P1273(56)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, by Lewis Carroll - NPG P29

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

by Lewis Carroll
albumen print, 7 October 1863
On display in Room 21 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG P29

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, by D Brucciani & Co - NPG 1699

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

by D Brucciani & Co
plaster cast of head incorporating death-mask, 1882
On display in Room 32 on Floor 1 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1699

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, after Ford Madox Brown - NPG P1273(20b)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

after Ford Madox Brown
photograph of plaster cast of bust, albumen print, late 19th century, based on a work of 1883
NPG P1273(20b)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, after Ford Madox Brown - NPG P1273(19a)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

after Ford Madox Brown
photograph of plaster cast of bust, albumen print, 1885-1886
NPG P1273(19a)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, after Ford Madox Brown - NPG P1273(19b)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

after Ford Madox Brown
photograph of plaster cast of bust, albumen print, 1885-1886
NPG P1273(19b)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, after Ford Madox Brown - NPG P1273(19c)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

after Ford Madox Brown
photograph of plaster cast of bust, albumen print, 1885-1886
NPG P1273(19c)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, after Ford Madox Brown - NPG P1273(19d)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

after Ford Madox Brown
photograph of plaster cast of bust, albumen print, 1885-1886
NPG P1273(19d)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, by W. & D. Downey - NPG x6424

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1880s (December 1862)
NPG x6424

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, by W. & D. Downey - NPG x45950

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, December 1862
NPG x45950

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