Portrait of Elizabeth Siddal, Seated at a Window, by Rossetti

An image of Portrait of Elizabeth Siddal, seated at a window. Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (British, 1828-1882). Graphite, rubbed perhaps with a stump and with some pen and Indian ink on paper, laid down, height 234 mm, width 180 mm, 1854.

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Portrait of Elizabeth Siddal, seated at a window. Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (British, 1828-1882). Graphite, rubbed perhaps with a stump and with some pen and Indian ink on paper, laid down, height 234 mm, width 180 mm, 1854.

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Accession Number: 2147
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 737 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 645.75kB
Exposure time: 1/17
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2011:02:18 10:14:00

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19th Century artists British chairs clothes clothing costume Dante Gabriel Rossetti delicate drawing dress Elizabeth Siddal English fashion female Fitz_PDP interior lady muse portraits Pre-Raphaelite Rossetti seated sitting Victorian window woman

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