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Religion, Myth and Allegory

The Seed of David: study for David (William Morris)

William Morris

 

The Seed of David: study for David (William Morris)

 

Date: c. 1861

 

Materials: Pencil

 

Rossetti won a commission of £400 in 1856 to paint a triptych for Llandaff Cathedral. This portrait drawing of William Morris is a study for the head of King David in the right-hand panel of the triptych.

 

It is the most striking portrait of the young William Morris, aged 27. 

 
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