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Print

1861 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching of a woman kissing a kneeling knight with a sword. Text at the bottom of the print.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Etching on paper
Brief description
Etching by Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti: Projected title-page (unused) to "Early Italian Poets."
Physical description
Etching of a woman kissing a kneeling knight with a sword. Text at the bottom of the print.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6 1/4in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
  • Width: 4 7/16in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed D G R (monogr.) Lettered From a drawing on a zinc plate by D. G. Rossetti intended for the title-page of the Early Italian Poets. 1861. (Inscription from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
Credit line
Presented by R. A. Walker, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection
Accession number
E.434-1919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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