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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
5 of 29 portraits of Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Share thisDante Gabriel Rossetti
by Lewis Carroll
albumen print, 7 October 1863
5 3/4 in. x 4 3/4 in. (146 mm x 121 mm)
Purchased, 1977
Primary Collection
NPG P29
Sitterback to top
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), Painter and poet. Sitter in 29 portraits, Artist associated with 22 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (1832-1898), Photographer and author of 'Alice in Wonderland'. Artist associated with 62 portraits, Sitter in 9 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Marsh, Jan, The Pre-Raphaelite Circle, 2013, p. 29
- Marsh, Jan, Insights: The Pre-Raphaelite Circle, 2005, p. 27
- Prodger, Phillip, Victorian Giants, The Birth of Art Photography, 2018 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 1 March - 20 May 2018), p. 202
- Rogers, Malcolm, Camera Portraits, 1989 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 20 October 1989 - 21 January 1990), p. 65
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 534
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (garden, Tudor House, 16 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London)
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Face of Britain: Love (14 September 2015 - 4 January 2016)
Events of 1863back to top
Current affairs
The opening of the world's first underground railway, with the Metropolitan Railway running trains between Bishop's Street, Padington and Farringdon. Work had begun in 1860, using the 'cut-and-cover' method of construction. The Metropolitan line inspired the construction of other underground railways - the Parisian 'Metro' took its name from the line.The Football Association is founded.
Art and science
Julia Margaret Cameron takes up photography, taking portraits of some of the most celebrated figures of the day, with her romantic style capturing the sense of nostalgia and longing that characterised the age.Kingsley's Water Babies; A Fairy Tale for Children is published, the hugely popular tale of drowned chimney sweep Tom's moral education in the river world of the water babies. It inspired the 1978 film starring James Mason.
International
At an international conference, the Geneva Public Welfare Society calls on the sixteen nations present to form voluntary units to help the wartime wounded. The society, comprised of five Swiss citizens and led by Henri Dunant, who had been deeply affected by the casualties he had witnessed at the Battle of Solferino, became the National Red Cross Societies, adopting the emblem of a red cross on white background.Tell us more back to top
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