. The Rossettis: Dante Gabriel and Christina; . r)\v .:: in the gun in 18701880. Thisc ui Robsettis occasionalpc ang Willi buyers. Mr. Graham had coniiiHssiuiied ii at the price of fifteen hundred andseventy-five pounds, suggesting that the size shouldbe six feet by three and n bnlf Rossetti, however,had in mind to do a w ^Pff^ :\\u\ stnrted in on n of nearly twi ? was th:* M be huuL nams house unless on the ominious position did not suit R eclaimed it, to replace it with the ^-r version. The originalbecame a white elephant on his hands, and when it. ^be Closina IJeare. 195 was finally d
. The Rossettis: Dante Gabriel and Christina; . r)\v .:: in the gun in 18701880. Thisc ui Robsettis occasionalpc ang Willi buyers. Mr. Graham had coniiiHssiuiied ii at the price of fifteen hundred andseventy-five pounds, suggesting that the size shouldbe six feet by three and n bnlf Rossetti, however,had in mind to do a w ^Pff^ :\\u\ stnrted in on n of nearly twi ? was th:* M be huuL nams house unless on the ominious position did not suit R eclaimed it, to replace it with the ^-r version. The originalbecame a white elephant on his hands, and when it. ^be Closina IJeare. 195 was finally disposed of he had been paid for it threetimes over, twice getting it back in exchange for itsequivalent in smaller work. Among the pictures of 1877 was the Magdalen,now owned by Mr. Bancroft, in which the mostwinning qualities of Rossettis final style are dis-played. Like the Lady Lilith it is painted from MissWilding, but there is no occult suggestion in thesweet almost childish face, with its tender, full lips,not firmly enough modelled for beauty, its innocent,meditative eyes, its smooth young oval, its surround-ing glory of bright hair. It has been painted obvi-ously with a slow vehicle, and one might almostsurmise with a slow hand. There is no vivacity oftouch or freshness of colour. The effect is even alittle turbid, but the richness and unity of the toneand the loveliness of the type are compensations tosilence all fault-tlnding. Unfortunately the repro-duction in this book fails, owing to the ridgy qualityof the paint, to give the peculiar
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