Lot 187
AFTER DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI (1828–1882)
AESTHETIC MOVEMENT STAINED GLASS PANEL, CIRCA 1880
Auction: The Art of the Tile : The Michael Blood Collection | Wed 15th October from 10am
Description
painted, stained and leaded glass, bear the inscription BUY FROM US WITH A GOLDEN CURL
Dimensions
42.5cm x 46cm
Provenance
The Michael Blood Collection, see lot 1 for more details
Footnote
'Buy from Us with a Golden Curl' was the illustration frontispiece to Goblin Market and other Poems by Christina Rossetti. Published in 1862 this was Christina Rossetti’s first book of verse and helped establish her as England’s leading female poet. The text concerns sisters tempted by goblins to consume delicious fruit symbolizing illicit desire. Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s illustration captures the moment Laura succumbs and buys the wares offered by a group of animal-headed monsters as Lizzie carries water home in the background.