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The Wedding of St. George and the Princess Sabra

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1857

Physical Description

Medium: watercolour
Dimensions: 13 1/2 x 13 1/2
Signature: monogram
Note: The monogram is inscribed at lower right.

Production Description

Production Date: 1857
Exhibition History: Liverpool Academy 1858 (no.297); R.A., 1883; Birmingham 1947 (no.107); Newcastle 1971 (no.30); Paris 1972 (no.235); R.A. 1973 (no.147); Baden–Baden 1973-74 (no.106); Tate 1984 (no.221)
Patron: T. E. Plint
Date Commissioned: 1857
Original Cost: 55 guineas

Provenance

Current Location: Tate Gallery
Catalog Number: 3058
Archival History: T.E. Pint; Christie's sale March 7, 1862 (lot 164), £40. 19 s.; George Rae; Tate Gallery 1916

Scholarly Commentary

Production History

DGR did a pencil sketch for the finished watercolour in which the man and woman are in nineteenth–century dress.

Bibliography

The Wedding of St. George and the Princess Sabra
Copyright: ©Tate Gallery, London 2001

Reproductions

  1. image

    Angeli, DGR con 107 illustrazioni , 104.
  2. image

    The Studio , facing page 3.
  3. image

    Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 132.
  4. image

    Marillier, DGR: An Illustrated Memorial , 82b recto.
  5. image

    Delaware Art Museum print.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
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