Title:
The Sonnet : Anima
Creator/Contributor:
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882, artist
Creator/Contributor:
Sharp, William, publisher
Abstract:
Content/DescriptionThis is the decorated copy Rossetti made of the "Introductory Sonnet" to the 1881 edition of "The House
of Life." The design was executed as a present for his mother on her eightieth birthday (27 April 1880). It is supposed to
have been copied into David Main's edition of "A Treasury of English Sonnets," which Rossetti gave to his mother as a present.
. The lost original design is known from two printed copies made from it, one of which was published as the frontispiece to
William Sharp's "Dante Gabriel Rossetti. A Record and a Study" (1882). It is possible that this is the original proof for
Sharp's frontispiece. (see: The Complete Writings and Pictures of Dante Gabriel Rossetti - http://www.iath.virginia.edu/rossetti/)
Content/DescriptionWinged female figure, her head is crowned with a laurel wreath, holding a lyre and hourglass suspended
above a rose bower surrounding the sonnet.
Date:
April 27, 1880
Subject:
Allegories
Proofs
Physical Description:
1 print : etching ; visible image 10 x 16.4 cm.
Printed title (UL): Anima. Printed (LL): D. G. Rossetti pro matre fecit Apr: 27. 1880. Handwritten (verso): To W. B. Scott
/ with friendly regards from / William Sharp / 9:12:'82 / (mounted on lower border, trimmed from mat board): proof on India
paper / William Sharp. Signatures and handwriting appear to be the same on both inscriptions.
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1979.056--FR
Filename:
brk00001238_20a.tif
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