Portrait of Dante Gabriel Rossetti seated in an arm-chair

Filippo (Peppino) Maenza (c. 1825-after 1860) Portrait of Dante Gabriel Rossetti seated in an arm-chair inscribed by William Michael Rossetti 'See Inscription on Frame - Peppino/was the son of the Maenza who/housed Dante G. Rossetti in/Boulogne. This Portrait was always/regarded in The Family as little better/than a caricature, yet it is not totally/unlike' (on a label attached to the backboard) pencil, on paper 8¾ x 7½ in. (22.2 x 19 cm.)