As WMR indicates in the only reference to this work that we have, it was
âA very interesting attempt at the beginning of 1853, not long persisted in,
being an oil-picture in two compartments , life-sized half-figures, representing
Dante's resolve to write the Comedia in memory of Beatriceâ (see
WMR,
Family
Letters, I. 159
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As WMR indicates in the only reference to this work that we have, it was âA very interesting attempt at the beginning of 1853, not long persisted in, being an oil-picture in two compartments , life-sized half-figures, representing Dante's resolve to write the Comedia in memory of Beatriceâ (see WMR, Family Letters, I. 159