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Damsel and Knight kissing: P.228-1990

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Damsel and Knight kissing

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (After)

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1990) by Holder, Leonard A.

Dating

1860s
Production date: AD 1861

Note

Copy after the intended frontispiece to Rossetti's Early Italian Poets, 1861 (an impression of the latter pasted into 'The Early Italian Poets' given by Rossetti to W. B. Scott, MSPB department)

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Plate Height 158 mm Width 113 mm
Sheet Height 282 mm Width 220 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: Dante Gabriel Rossetti

  • Text: DGR
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: From a drawing on a zinc plate / by D.G. Rossetti, intended for the / title-page of The Early Italian Poets. / 1961.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.228-1990
Primary reference Number: 9099

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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