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'Christina Rossetti', Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Drawing of a young woman's head in profile

Pencil on paper, drawn about 1848-50, 15 x 11.5cm, Private collection

Rossetti's younger sister had already embarked on her career as a poet. The drawing may have been made in connection with 'The Girlhood of Mary Virgin', for which she posed for the figure of Mary.

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