Detail View: Dante Collection: A Sonnet
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Image Number:
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JRL1310909
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Reference Number:
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R978
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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A Sonnet
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Parent Work Title:
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti: A Record and a Study
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Creator:
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Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Creator:
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Sharp, William, 1855-1905
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Date Created:
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1882
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Publication Details:
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London: Macmillan and co
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Page/Sheet:
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Frontispiece
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Description:
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A Petrarchan sonnet illustrated in black and white. It is an occasional poem by Dante Gabriel Rossetti to celebrate his mother's birthday (the latin phrase at the bottom translates as 'Made for mother'). The octave and the sestet each begin with the words 'A Sonnet' and these are blocked out in black. A winged female figure ('Anima'), flies across holding a lyre; her head crowned with a laurel wreath. Her left hand places a winged hourglass in a flowering bush. At the bottom, inside the frame is printed: 'D G Rosetti pro Matre fecit Apr:27.1880' .
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Language:
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English
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Category of Material:
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Printed
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Sub-Category:
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Illustrated works
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Item Height:
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118 mm
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Item Width:
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182 mm
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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