DrawingsBritish19th century

A Christmas Carol

1857-1858

Artists

Dante Gabriel RossettiArtist

M. Grieve Co.Framemaker

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and gouache on cream wove paper mounted on another sheet of paper, mounted on linen and stretched on a stretcher

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

34.3 x 29.7 cm (13 1/2 x 11 11/16 in.) frame: 50.6 x 45.7 x 6.3 cm (19 15/16 x 18 x 2 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Sold by the artist; to James Leathart, Brackendene, Gateshead-on-Tyne, 1859 (£63); purchased from his estate by Charles Fairfax Murray, 1897; acquired from him by Grenville L. Winthrop, July 1913 (£1,000); his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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