Mariana in the South (Illustration for "The Palace of Art" in Tennyson's Poems, New York, 1903)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti|William James Linton|New Amsterdam Book Company

1857–1903 · Wood engraving · Drawings and Prints

Rossetti’s 1857 illustrations of Tennyson—reissued here in 1903—incorporate startling effects derived from medieval and early Renaissance art. Space collapses, forms are cut off, and narrative details are inserted without concern for conventional perspective. Mariana kneels before a sharply receding room and kisses a crucifix. Rossetti criticized the engravers and insisted on many changes, delaying the publication.

Artist

Dante Gabriel Rossetti|William James Linton|New Amsterdam Book Company

Date

1857–1903

Medium

Wood engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Anonymous Gift, 1925