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Another version in pen and sepia ink is at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Rossetti tried another painting of a fallen woman entitled Found. This work, too, he never finished, and his poem “Jenny” also distances the reader from its title figure, a prostitute, as the scholar narrator, while seeming to speak directly to Jenny, in fact, never approaches her. While obviously compassionate toward such women, nevertheless Rossetti seems blocked by contemplating their plight. See the discussion of the painting by Nina Auerbach (1982:172–74), of the poem by Amanda Anderson (1993: chapter 4), and of both by Helene E.Roberts (1972:67–72). Earlier depictions of the apocryphal scene of Lady Macbeth’s death were made by F.Howard in 1827, as part of his set of illustrations for the play, and by Theodor von Holst in an 1838 painting, perhaps influenced by Fuseli (on Holst, see Altick 1985:318). By far the most frequently reproduced scene, however, is Lady Macbeth’s sleepwalking scene. There is often a voyeuristic quality about this scene, as the doctor and lady-in-waiting look on, registering in their faces the fear, horror, or concern which we as fellow viewers may also feel.
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