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The Damsel of the Sanct Grael (1874), by Dante Gabriel Rossetti: A Few Quotations Placed Close Together
And there came a dove, and in her bill a little censer of gold, and therewithal there was such a savour as if all the spices of the world had been there. So there came a damozel passing fair and young, and she bore a vessel of gold between her hands.
Malory
Malory
… a handsome girl with flowing chestnut hair,
bright lips, and languishing eyes,
sumptuously robed in a red gown with a heavily-flowered mantle.
Raising one hand in a dainty attitude of admonition,
she holds in the other a modern communion chalice …
Even the sacred dove,
poised above and bearing a golden censer in its beak,
affects a graceful pose in harmony with its handmaid.
poised above and bearing a golden censer in its beak,
affects a graceful pose in harmony with its handmaid.
Swan Electric Engraving Co.
Oil.
Monogram and date lower right corner: "1874."
Half-length figure framed by vine leaves,
holding a gold Chalice in her right hand;
her left is raised in benediction.
The Holy Dove
bearing in its beak a censer
hovers above her head which is turned three-quarters to left.
The head is taken from Alexa Wilding
Oil.
Monogram and date lower right corner: "1874."
Half-length figure framed by vine leaves,
holding a gold Chalice in her right hand;
her left is raised in benediction.
The Holy Dove
bearing in its beak a censer
hovers above her head which is turned three-quarters to left.
The head is taken from Alexa Wilding
From
H. C. Marillier,
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: An Illustrated Memorial of His Art and Life,
George Bell and Sons,
Chiswick Press, Charles Whittingham and Co., 1899,
p. 176.
H. C. Marillier,
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: An Illustrated Memorial of His Art and Life,
George Bell and Sons,
Chiswick Press, Charles Whittingham and Co., 1899,
p. 176.