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The Early Italian Poets (study for title page)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti (English, 1828–1882)
1861

Medium/Technique Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper
Dimensions Image: 14.7 x 8.9 cm (5 13/16 x 3 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 17.5 x 10.9 cm (6 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Print Department Special Fund
Accession Number58.50
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

DescriptionDesign for titlepage of first edition
Inscriptionsabove: title/ from Ciulo to Dante/ translated by D G Rossetti/ in the .... (?) of the originals; below: London Smith and Eldor 1861 etc
Provenance1958, sold by William H. Schaab Gallery, New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 13, 1958)