Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1828–1882, British
Title:
Head of a Woman Called Ruth Herbert
Date:
1876
Materials & Techniques:
Red chalk and black chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (39.4 x 31.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in black chalk, lower right in monogram: "DGR | 1876"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1580
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
head | neck | woman | hair | earrings | figure study | portrait
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

Ladies of Shalott (Bell Art Gallery, 1985-02-23 - 1985-03-24)

English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
Publications:
Susan P. Casteras, The substance or the shadow : images of Victorian womanhood, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1982, pp. 91-2, no. 79, N7630 C27 + (YCBA)

Franny Moyle, Desperate romantics, the private lives of the Pre-Raphaelites. , John Murray, London, 2009, pp. 218-219, ND467.5.P7 M69 2009 (YCBA)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9897