DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI (BRITISH 1828-1882)

DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI (BRITISH 1828-1882)
A study of Mrs Frederick Leyland, bust-length, for 'Monna Rosa'
signed with monogram and dated 'May/ 67' (lower right)
pencil and sanguine chalk on paper
12 3/8 x 10 5/8 in. (31.5 x 27 cm. )
In the original Foord and Dickinson frame

Provenance
with The Stone Gallery, Newcastle.
Squadron-Leader D.L. Stevenson; Christie's, London, 9 November 1971, lot 151 (one of three in the lot).
with Peter Nahum, London.
Anonymous sale, Stunners, Pre-Raphaelite Art from a Private American Collection; Christie's, London, 16 June 2015, lot 8, where purchased by the present owner.