Dante Gabriel Rossetti was born in London on 12 May 1828 and he died on Easter Day, 9 April 1882.
He spent nearly his entire working life in the city of his birth, and indeed he only left Great Britain three
times, in each case but the first quite briefly. Though his work is steeped in Italian traditions (both
poetical and pictorial), DGR never visited Italy. He is first and always an English -- more, a London --
writer and artist.
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Rossetti was not only a master painter, but a poet as well. Click on a title below to sample some of his most romantic works.