Clerk Saunders: 680

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Bodycolour
Coloured chalks

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( laid down)
Paper Height 284 mm Width 181 mm

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour, bodycolour, coloured chalks, on paper, laid on a stretcher

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: underlined

• Text: EES
• Location: Bottom left
• Type: Signature

Inscription present: underlined

• Text: 1857
• Location: Bottom left, following the above
• Type: Date

• Text: Clerk Saunders / This picture by Mrs. Rossetti, esteemed by her husband the / best of her works belonged for many years to Charles Eliot Norton / in America and so desirous was Mr Rossetti to have it again that / he exchanged a drawing of his own for it and kept it till his / death. Purchased of William Michael Rossetti in 1884. / There is no doubt that Gabriel Rossetti himself worked on / this picture as was customary with him, as Mr Burne-Jones told / me long ago. Much of the merit these works have belongs to him / and his aid is frequently visible in the preliminary drawings. / A finished sketch mostly done in carmine remains in the possession / of Wm Rossetti. / The title on the stretcher at the back is in the handwriting / of Wm Rossetti. / Charles Fairfax Murray
• Location: Frame, verso
• Method of creation: A letter

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• Knights: Chivalry, Romance and Legend
• Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists
• Ruskin, Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites
• Drawing Conclusions: Pre-Raphaelite Studies, Designs and Watercolours

Identification numbers

Accession number: 680
Primary reference Number: 13598
Stable URI

Audit data

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints