Content/DescriptionThis is the decorated copy Rossetti made of the "Introductory Sonnet" to the 1881 edition of "The House of Life." The design was executed as a present for his mother on her eightieth birthday (27 April 1880). It is supposed to have been copied into David Main's edition of "A Treasury of English Sonnets," which Rossetti gave to his mother as a present. . The lost original design is known from two printed copies made from it, one of which was published as the frontispiece to William Sharp's "Dante Gabriel Rossetti. A Record and a Study" (1882). It is possible that this is the original proof for Sharp's frontispiece. (see: The Complete Writings and Pictures of Dante Gabriel Rossetti - http://www.iath.virginia.edu/rossetti/)
Content/DescriptionWinged female figure, her head is crowned with a laurel wreath, holding a lyre and hourglass suspended above a rose bower surrounding the sonnet.
Title
The Sonnet : Anima
Published
April 27, 1880
Full Collection Name
Framed items from the collections of The Bancroft Library
Other Identifiers
BANC PIC 1979.056--FR
Type
Image
Extent
1 print : etching ; visible image 10 x 16.4 cm.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
Printed title (UL): Anima. Printed (LL): D. G. Rossetti pro matre fecit Apr: 27. 1880. Handwritten (verso): To W. B. Scott / with friendly regards from / William Sharp / 9:12:'82 / (mounted on lower border, trimmed from mat board): proof on India paper / William Sharp. Signatures and handwriting appear to be the same on both inscriptions.
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