DrawingsBritish19th century

The Salutation of Beatrice

1849-1850

Artists

Dante Gabriel RossettiArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink, gray wash, and graphite on cream wove paper, darkened

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

39.5 x 67.7 cm (15 9/16 x 26 5/8 in.)

Provenance

George Rae, Birkenhead; Viscount Leverhulme, 1917; his sale, Anderson Galleries, New York, March 4, 1926, no. 272, Scott and Fowles, New York; acquired from them by Grenville L. Winthrop; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943

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