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How They Met Themselves, by Rossetti

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An image of How They Met Themselves. Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (British, 1828-1882). Pen and ink and wash on paper, height 270 mm, width 213 mm.

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How They Met Themselves. Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (British, 1828-1882). Pen and ink and wash on paper, height 270 mm, width 213 mm.

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  • Accession Number: 1424
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 809 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 1.16MB
  • Captured: 2010:10:14 10:28:19

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19th Century astonishment British costume Dante Gabriel Rossetti death doppelganger double dramatic drawing dress Elizabeth Siddal English faint fainting female Fitz_PDP forest literature male man medieval style medievalism melancholy poem poetry poets Pre-Raphaelite Rossetti swoon swords twins undergrowth vision woman wooded young youth

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