BIB_ID
305390
Accession number
MA 381.5
Creator
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882.
Display Date
Tuesday [1854 May 2].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 15.4 cm + envelope
Notes
Detailed dating from Fredeman.
Mourning envelope with postmarks and addressed to "William Allingham Esq / 1 Queen Square, Bloomsbury / London."
Part of a large collection of letters from Dante Gabriel Rossetti primarily to William Allingham. Letters have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
The lower half of the second sheet has been cut away, but no text is apparently missing.
Mourning envelope with postmarks and addressed to "William Allingham Esq / 1 Queen Square, Bloomsbury / London."
Part of a large collection of letters from Dante Gabriel Rossetti primarily to William Allingham. Letters have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
The lower half of the second sheet has been cut away, but no text is apparently missing.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1909.
Summary
Concerning Miss Siddal's health and his intention to visit her at Hastings after his father's funeral the following day; asking him to see that Routledge sends the wood-blocks to Rossetti. With a postscript asking him to draw up a list of the ballads he means to include, noting that his sketch is for "Lord Thomas and Fair Annie."
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