The Portrait
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1869
black and red chalk
[from “ The Portrait”]
Even of her inner self the perfect whole,
The very sky and sea-line of her soul.
Note: Reportedly inscribed on the original frame.
the frame inscription from The House of Life sonnet “ The Portrait ”
the sonnet is also often and by tradition associated with another picture, the famous Beata Beatrix , which is a very different association since its model was DGR's dead wife Elizabeth Siddal.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1869
black and red chalk
[from “ The Portrait”]
Even of her inner self the perfect whole,
The very sky and sea-line of her soul.
Note: Reportedly inscribed on the original frame.
the frame inscription from The House of Life sonnet “ The Portrait ”
the sonnet is also often and by tradition associated with another picture, the famous Beata Beatrix , which is a very different association since its model was DGR's dead wife Elizabeth Siddal.
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