The Gate of Memory
Datec. 1853-1854
Artist
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
(British Pre-Raphaelite painter, 1828–1882)
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensions5 1/2 × 3 3/8 in. (14 × 8.6 cm)
frame: 18 11/16 × 16 5/8 in. (47.5 × 42.2 cm)
frame: 18 11/16 × 16 5/8 in. (47.5 × 42.2 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 2002
Object number2002-4
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThe Gate of Memory represents an early version of the story Rossetti presented in Found, in which a country girl goes to a city and, unable to find work, turns by necessity to a life of prostitution. Rossetti depicts the woman watching longingly as young children play in the street. She is perhaps remembering earlier, happier times in her own youth.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1856-1857
