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Pen and Ink Drawing - Portait of Emma Madox Brown
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Basic Information | Accession Number: | 1904P447 |
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Collection: | Fine Art Prints and Drawings |
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Date: | 1853 - 1853 |
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Maker Information | Artist: | Dante Gabriel Rossetti - View biography for Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
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Notes | Executed less than a month after the wedding of Ford Madox Brown and Emma Hill on 5 April 1853, the drawing shows a rather apprehensive looking Emma with deep shadow cast by the lamp-light around her face. It remained in Brown's possession for the rest of his life. Rossetti, along with Thomas Seddon, had been a witness at the wedding. Emma came from a poor farming background, but had already modelled for her future husband's paintings 'The Last of England' and 'The Pretty Baa-Lambs'. Here Rossetti controls his use of the pen to capture a closely-observed appearance that is more about realism than flattery. He had been a pupil of Madox Brown in 1848. | Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1903. |
Further Information | Production Period: | 19th century |
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School/Style: | Portrait emma Hill |
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Medium: | Brown pen and ink on buff paper. |
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Material(s): | Paper |
Associated People | | Dimensions | Height: | 126 mm |
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Width: | 100 mm |
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