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Dante Gabriel Rossetti, born 12 May 1828, was an English poet, illustrator, painter and translator. He painted Dante's Dream between 1869 and 1871 and was renowned for his erotic works.
He wrote The Blessed Damozel' (poem), in 1847 and was heavily influenced in his early years by poet John Keats.
He died on Easter Sunday 1882, at the country house of a friend.
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