DrawingsBritish19th century

Portrait of Fanny Cornforth

1874

Artists

Dante Gabriel RossettiArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Colored chalks on cream board

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

73.4 x 63.3 cm (28 7/8 x 24 15/16 in.) frame: 101.6 x 91.4 cm (40 x 36 in.)

Provenance

Harold Stewart Rathbone, Liverpool. Sold [through Christie's, London, December 2, 1938, lot 82 as "Head of MRs. W. M. Rossetti"]. Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1941

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