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THE DAY DREAM (1880)

£3.50
SKU GCA6-CLA241

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The model in the painting is the wife of William Morris, Jane Morris, who was often the subject of Rossetti’s paintings. In this period, the artist and Jane were involved in an illicit love affair. The model is depicted under a sycamore tree with a sprig of honeysuckle in her hand - for the Victorians, the climbing plant symbolised love. By artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882).

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