Found

DateDesigned 1853; begun 1859; unfinished

Artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti (British Pre-Raphaelite painter, 1828–1882)

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions36 1/4 × 31 15/16 in. (92.1 × 81.1 cm)
frame: 50 × 46 in. (127 × 116.8 cm)

Credit LineSamuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial, 1935

Object number1935-27

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ClassificationsPAINTING

Label TextFound depicts the poignant moment when a young farmer, arriving in London to sell his calf at market, discovers his sweetheart, now a prostitute left destitute on the streets of the metropolis. This painting is the only large-scale example of Rossetti's work to grapple with the principles most relevant to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in its early years. Specifically, documentation of social concerns brought about by the Industrial Revolution. It remained unfinished at the artist’s death.