George Rae (banker)

George Rae (1817–1902) was a British banker and stockbroker based in Birkenhead. He is most notable for his patronage of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and his commissioning and acquisition of works by Ford Madox Brown, Arthur Hughes and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.[1] His commissions included Rossetti's The Beloved, commissioned in 1863 for £300 but only completed two years later. [2] He later owned Rosetti's Monna Vanna.

He also acquired landscapes by local Liverpool artists like William J Bond and William Davis, hanging his collection in Redcourt, his house in the Wirral.[3]

References
  1. "Collections and research - Featured artists - Dante Gabriel Rossetti". National Museums Liverpool. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  2. "Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Beloved ('The Bride'), 1865–6". Tate Britain. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  3. "Williamson Gallery: George Rae of Birkenhead and his Pre-Raphaelite collection". artinliverpool.com. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
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