The artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti sits drawing his model in his back garden surrounded by some of his contemporaries. Colour lithograph, 1922, after M. Beerbohm.
- Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956.
- Date:
- [1922]
- Reference:
- 590687i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Rossetti sits behind an easel on to which he draws his muse and mistress, Fanny Cornforth, who sits in front of him. Other people present include Algernon Swinburne who sits far left on the wall with Theodore Watts-Dunton; below them, Whistler with a walking stick and hat; right of Whistler, George Meredith, and Edward Burne Jones presenting a flower to a kangaroo. Further right, William Morris with his arm raised in declamation; Hall Caine (behind wall); Holman Hunt; and John Ruskin on the far right. In addition there are is a menagerie of animals includinga snake, a tortoise, and a long-beaked bird which looks over Morris's shoulder
Publication/Creation
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1922]
Physical description
1 print : lithograph with colour ; image 20.1 x 32 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, in his back garden
Reference
Wellcome Collection 590687i
Type/Technique
Languages
Subjects
- Drawing
- Artists and models in art
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882.
- Cornforth, Fanny, 1835-1909.
- Watts-Dunton, Theodore, 1832-1914.
- Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909.
- Meredith, George, 1828-1909.
- Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, Sir, 1833-1898.
- Morris, William, 1834-1896.
- Caine, Hall, 1853-1931.
- Hunt, William Holman, 1827-1910.
- Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903.
- Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores