Christina Rossetti
The poet Christina Rossetti (1830 -1894) at the age of 16 years old, drawn by her brother the artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti to mark her first volume of poetry, entitle Verses ‘composed from the ages of twelve to sixteen’, which launched her literary career. Drawing 1846, (V&A Museum, gifted by Mrs Moeller) displayed at the NPG exhibition as part of the ‘Pre-Raphaelite Sisters’ 17 October 2019 - 26 January 2020. London, (photo taken 13/11/19), drawing 1846
Photographer: rkw. drawing by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1846
