Dante Gabriel RossettiEngland, 1828–1882The Day Dream
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The sitter for this painting was Jane Morris, the wife of William Morris, who often posed for Rossetti. At the time this was painted Rossetti was involved in an illicit love affair with Jane. He shows her sitting in the branches of a sycamore tree and holding a sprig of honeysuckle. This sweet-smelling climbing plant symbolised the bonds of love for the Victorians, and Rossetti may have included it here as a subtle reference to the relationship between artist and model. Rossetti was also a poet, and the title relates to his poem of the same name which ends:
She dreams; till now on her forgotten book
Drops the forgotten blossom from her hand.
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Imens i livet hos Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Hele livet1862–1882
A Tudor house at 16 Cheyne Walk
After his wife’s death Rossetti leased a Tudor house at 16 Cheyne Walk in Chelsea, where he lived for twenty years surrounded by extravagant furnishings and a parade of exotic birds and animals.
1881
“Ballads and Sonnets,” the second volume
In 1881 Rossetti published a second volume of poems, “Ballads and Sonnets,” which included the remaining sonnets of “The House of Life” sequence.
11 December 1881
A mild stroke
On 11 December 1881 Rossetti suffered a mild stroke, leaving his sight dim and his left side paralysed. For some years he had been mostly housebound on account of obesity, possible diabetes, chloral addiction and an excessive intake of alcohol, especially whisky.
4 February 1882
To Birchington, in a vain hope of recovery
On 4 February 1882 Rossetti travelled to the country house of a friend, Westcliff Bungalow, in Birchington-on-Sea, Kent, in a vain attempt to recover his health.
9 April 1882
Easter Sunday in Birchington
On Easter Sunday, 9 April 1882, Rossetti died at a friend’s house in Birchington-on-Sea; the cause was given as Bright’s disease, a disorder of the kidneys from which he had suffered for some time. For several years he had been confined to the house by paralysis of the legs, and his addiction to chloral is thought to have helped him ease the pain after an unsuccessful operation for hydrocele.
9. april 1882
Died
