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The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems

1866
Not on view
Following the publication of Christina Rossetti’s Goblin Market in 1862, Dante Gabriel Rossetti helped launch his sister’s second volume of poetry. The Prince’s Progress tells of a princess awaiting the return of her tarrying prince. These illustrations allude to the beginning and the end of the tale. The title-page image shows a confined figure gazing out a window into an empty walled garden. The frontispiece shows the prince arriving, after a series of temptations and self-indulgences, only to find that the princess has died. After 1851 Rossetti stopped exhibiting at the Royal Academy, so his work was known to the public mostly through illustrations.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems
  • Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti (British, London 1830–1894 London)
  • Artist: Binding and illustrations by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (British, London 1828–1882 Birchington-on-Sea)
  • Engraver: William James Linton (British, London 1812–1897 New Haven, Connecticut)
  • Publisher: Macmillan & Co. London
  • Printer: R. Clay, Son(s), and Taylor (London)
  • Binder: Burn (London)
  • Date: 1866
  • Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving
  • Dimensions: 7 x 4 1/2 in. (17.8 x 11.4 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1921
  • Object Number: 21.14.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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