Dante Gabriel Rossetti is remembered for writing that changed what came after it.
The record lists Dante Gabriel Rossetti as English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator (1828-1882).
Dante Gabriel Rossetti was born at London in 1828. His recorded nationality is United Kingdom. He was educated at King's College School and Royal Academy of Arts.
The nineteenth century was the age of the serialised novel and mass literacy; writers reached audiences of a size never seen before.
He worked as poet, illustrator and painter.
The writing is recorded in English.
His work is classed as portrait, arthurian painting and figurative art.
Among his best-known works are Ecce Ancilla Domini, Beata Beatrix and Dante's Dream. Reputation in letters is unusually volatile: writers are forgotten for a generation and then recovered by one.
That the work was written from United Kingdom matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti died in 1882, aged 54. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
Achievements
- Notable work: Ecce Ancilla Domini
- Notable work: Beata Beatrix
- Notable work: Dante's Dream
- Genres: portrait, Arthurian painting and figurative art
