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Chalk Drawing - Portrait of Fanny Cornforth
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© Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
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Basic Information | | Accession Number: | 1904P486 |
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| Collection: | Fine Art Prints and Drawings |
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| Date: | 1868 - 1868 |
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Maker Information | | Artist: | Dante Gabriel Rossetti - View biography for Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
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Notes | Fanny Cornforth reached her zenith as Rossetti's model in the oil painting The Blue Bower of 1865, now at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham.
By 1867 Rossetti's eyesight was deteriorating and he began to resort to using chalks. This may explain the choice of medium and flattering soft focus on the model (who would have been in her mid thirties by this date).
| | Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1903. |
Further Information | | Production Period: | 19th century |
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| School/Style: | Portrait |
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| Medium: | Red chalk on paper. |
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| Material(s): | Paper |
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Associated People | | Dimensions | | Height: | 495 mm |
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| Width: | 345 mm |
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