LOT DETAILS

Materials:

black chalk on pale blue-green paper

Measurements:

19.25 in. (48.90 cm.) (height) by 14.02 in. (35.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

inscribed 'one of the drawings from the studio' on the reverse of the backboard

Exhibited:

Salford, The Lowry, Lowry & The Pre-Raphaelites, 10 November 2018 - 24 February 2019, no. 16.

Literature:

V. Surtees, The Paintings and Drawings of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), Oxford, 1971, p. 198, no. 520.

Provenance:

Dante Gabriel Rossetti (†); Christie's, London, 12 May 1883, lot 13, as La Bella Manna, Study of a Lady's Head (7 gns to C. Flower). Lord Battersea, Norfolk. Mr. Dearnley, Norwich. Probably, with The Stone Gallery, Newcastle, where purchased by L.S. Lowry, R.A., and by descent in the family.