Dante Gabriel Rossetti
10 of 29 portraits of Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
pencil, circa 1875-1880
3 3/4 in. x 3 in. (95 mm x 76 mm)
Given by Robert R. Steele, 1939
Primary Collection
NPG 3048
Sitterback to top
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), Painter and poet. Sitter in 29 portraits, Artist associated with 22 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), Painter and poet. Artist associated with 22 portraits, Sitter in 29 portraits.
This portraitback to top
Jane Morris cared for Rossetti following his breakdown in 1872, but afterwards stopped seeing him, while continuing to correspond. Owing to drugs to combat agitation and insomnia, he grew stout and lethargic. This comic self-image was probably drawn to amuse Jane, who often deplored his gloomy lamentations. 'I will come Tuesday' she wrote on one occasion, 'though you did write me such a nasty letter'.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 534
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Janey Morris: Pre-Raphaelite Muse (From 12 November 2013)
- Look at Me (24 September 2005 - 19 March 2006)
Events of 1875back to top
Current affairs
Samuel Plimsoll, a back-bench Liberal MP, campaigns for measures to prevent the practice of overloading unseaworthy vessels and claiming insurance. The Plimsoll Line is established; a line drawn on ships, it denotes the maximum legal load a cargo ship is allowed to carry.The Public Health Act, the work of Richard A. Cross, sets down in detail the responsibilities of local authorities in terms of public health.
Art and science
Anthony Trollope's masterpiece The Way We Live Now is published after serialisation. Containing over 100 chapters, the complex plot, following the fortunes of sham financier Augustus Melmotte, tackles the commercial, political and moral hypocrisy of the age.International
Disraeli purchases nearly half the total shares in the Suez Canal Company from the bankrupt Egyptian Khedive, Ismail Pasha, securing a controlling interest in the trading route. Since Parliament was not in session at the time, Disraeli borrowed £4 million from the banking family Rothschilds, attracting much criticism from Parliamentary opponents, although he won popularity from the Queen and the public.Tell us more back to top
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