Beschreibung:

Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882)
Portrait of Annie Miller
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) Portrait of Annie Miller signed, inscribed and dated 'To/Frederick J. Shields/with kindest regards/D.G. Rossetti 1866' (on a label attached to the backboard) and with further inscription 'Memo on Rossetti drawing/I have admired this lovely/drawing in Shields' study/for forty years. Like/so much of this great/man's work it grows in/interest the more you/see of it. Tho [ sic ] some-/what slight in execution/the treatment of the/hair; the dignified/beauty of the face,/the keen expression/all show Rossetti's/power of hand, mind/and heart./Shields said once/as I was admiring/the drawing "I'll/leave you that in/my will Rowley." He/forgot. I bought it/from his Executors/& part with it reg-/retfully-/Charles Rowley/Handforth Cheshire/July 1912' (on a letter attached to the backboard) pencil on paper 12 7/8 x 12¾ in. (32.7 x 32.2 cm.); with an unfinished study of a woman's head on the verso