Art Resource - ART211402

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Rossetti lamenting the death of his wombat, 1869. Dante Gabriel Rossetti loved exotic animals and began to collect them with a passion after the tragic death of his wife Elizabeth Siddal in 1862. He had moved to 16 Cheyne Walk in Chelsea, a house with a large garden that soon became a miniature zoo. The wombats had a special place in Rossetti's heart. In a letter to his brother he described the arrival of the first one as 'a Joy, a Triumph, a Delight, a Madness'. This drawing commemorates the short-lived second wombat. Instead of being laid to rest in the handsome tomb we see here, the unfortunate marsupial was actually stuffed and placed in Rossetti's entrance hall.
PD, 1939-5-13-6

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART211402

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 1010px × 1600px

Photo Credit Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY

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