Identifier: lifelettersoffre00shie (find matches)
Title: The life and letters of Frederic Shields
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Shields, Frederic, 1833-1911 Mills, Ernestine Bell, ed
Subjects: Shields, Frederic, 1833-1911
Publisher: London New York (etc.) : Longmans
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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ember 14th.—Went early to Rossettis, painted athair of Magdalen and sky. Had to rub rosy sky out—wouldnt do. Stayed all night as rain severe. September 15th.—Up at 8. Got to work at sky, triedmost part of day; rubbed it out twice, but left it success-ful at last. Rossetti talked much of his early life. Home11.30 p.m. September 22nd.—All day at Rossettis. Slept there.Still painting sky. Rossetti sent numerous undated notes about this time,as:— I dont know if you mean to paint here to-morrow,but should be glad if you would, as I think of getting onwith that battlement work, and find it a bore when alone.When you come, could you bring any photograph orsketch of ivy growing on a wall, I want it for the distantrampart of La Pia, if you happen to have such. I muchwanted to talk to you the other evening as to that back-ground, but could not tackle it with Scott there. Thus Itrust not to miss seeing you to-morrow. October 22nd.—To Rossettis to paint the Lazarus—began it in blue.
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Lazarus (i88cPainted in Rossettis Studio PORTRAITS OF CHATTERTON 263 This picture was painted almost entirely in Rossettisstudio, and according to his methods, the flesh laid inwith ultramarine on a warm reddish-brown ground. Itwas purchased by Mrs. Russell-Gurney, and was eventu-ally placed in the Chapel of the Ascension. It now hangsin the Ante Chapel. Rossetti and Shields were both interested at this timein some doubtfully authenticated portraits of Chattertonwhich had been brought to their notice. Rossetti wrote :— The Salford portrait looks evidently older than theother, which is a life-sized oil head belonging to Sir HenryTaylor, and seeming really about twelve or thirteen. Ithas been engraved. I cannot see my way to believe ineither, though it is curious that both do seem markedlyto represent the same person, as does a third roughengraving in different pose of head which I have seen.My conceivable theory about the Chatterton portraits isthis. He did know a miniature painter n

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