Rossetti, Dante Gabriel London 1828 – 1882 Birchington-on-Sea Isabella and the Pot of Basil (Vor) 1881 Rötel und schwarze Kreide auf Bütten, auf Karton aufgezogen 35 x 31,5 cm 13 3/4 x 12 3/8 in. Dante Gabriel Rossetti London 1828 – 1882 Birchington-on-Sea Isabella and the Pot of Basil (before) 1881 Red ochre and black chalk on laid paper, laid down on cardboard On the cardboard backing a label of the Gallery Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., London 35 x 31,5 cm 13 3/4 x 12 3/8 in. Slight foxing. Firmly mounted under mat Illustration for the poem by John Keats, Isabella and the Pot of Basil“ Formerly J. M. Dent (1881 received as a gift from the artist)