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| Keywords: Dante Gabriel Rossetti - The Return of Tibullus to Delia (1853 circa).jpg Artwork Creator Dante Gabriel Rossetti en Rossetti depicts the passage in Tibullus Elegies I 3 82-92 when Tibullus bids to his mistress to await his return <br /> 'Live chaste dear love; and while I'm far away <br /> Be some old dame thy guardian night and day <br /> She'll sing thee songs and when the lamp is lit <br /> Fly the full rock and draw long threads from it <br /> So unannouced shall I come suddenly <br /> As 'twere a presence sent from heaven to thee <br /> Then as thou art all long and loose they hair <br /> Run to me Delia run with thy feet bare ' ~ 1853 Technique watercolour gouache artist's board in 9 5 12 Institution Private collection place of discovery object history Fanny Cornforth <br /> possibly bought by Fairfax Murray circa 1907 <br /> Siddons Gallery Paddington Green <br /> Terence W G Rowe Collection bought in 1956 <br /> The Stone Gallery Newcastle -upon-Tyne <br /> Sotheby's exhibition history London Rossetti Gallery no 10 <br /> London Leighton Art Gallery The Pre-Raphaelite Influence 1960 no 71 <br /> London The Royal Academy of Arts Rossetti Exhibition 1973 no 252 credit line DGR 1851 artist's monogram/date lower right ~ written in an unidentified hand Titled and inscribed with eight lines in Latin from Tibullus on the reverse accession number place of creation http //www sothebys com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2003/the-collecting-eye-of-seymour-stein-n07933/lot 6 html Sotheby's New York 11 December 2003 lot 6 Dante Gabriel Rossetti - The Return of Tibullus to Delia 1853 circa jpg Dante Gabriel Rossetti - The Return of Tibullus to Delia 1867 jpg Dante Gabriel Rossetti - The Return of Tibullus to Delia 1868 jpg http //www rossettiarchive org/docs/s62 rap html Rossetti Archive Custom license marker 2016 05 07 PD-old-auto-1923 1882 Images from Sotheby's Paintings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti Tibullus Ancient Rome in history paintings 1850s watercolor paintings 1850s paintings in private collections | ||||
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