Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The Wedding of St. George. 1864. Watercolor, 13 l/2 x 11 in. [Compare the later stained glass window that closely follows this work.] The models for the figures are Michael Rossetti (the king), D. G. Rossetti (St. george), Elizabeth Siddal (the princess) Christina Rossetti (the queen), and William Morris (right-hand trumpeter).
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Bibliography
Morris and Company. London: The Fine Art Society, 1979. No. 215.
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