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"The Blessed Damozel," Illustration to poem by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

(English, 1839–1927)
(English, 1828–1882)
Medium/TechniqueGraphite pencil on paper
DimensionsSheet: 11.4 x 14.4 cm (4 1/2 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession number55.2328
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
Inscriptionsl.r. in graphite pencil: "H. Holiday"; on mat in pencil [possibly by hand of artist]: title and "Her eyes were deeper than the depth / of waters stilled at even; / She had three lillies in her hand / And the stars in her hair were seven."
ProvenanceHarold T. Hartley, England (b. 1851 - d. 1943); Sir Harold Hartley, London, England (b. 1878 - d. 1972); 1955, purchased from Hartley by the MFA . (Accession Date: April 14,1955)
The Annunciation
Henry Holiday