BIB_ID
305402
Accession number
MA 381.8
Creator
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882.
Display Date
Friday [1854 May 19].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Dating from Fredeman.
Envelope, with stamps and postmarks (12 MY 1855 and 14 MY 1855) and addressed to Allingham in Ireland, probably did not enclose this letter.
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.
When mentioning the "Ruskin business," Rossetti is alluding to Ruskin's separation from his wife, Effie Gray; their marriage was annulled on 15 July 1854.
Written on mourning paper.
Envelope, with stamps and postmarks (12 MY 1855 and 14 MY 1855) and addressed to Allingham in Ireland, probably did not enclose this letter.
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.
When mentioning the "Ruskin business," Rossetti is alluding to Ruskin's separation from his wife, Effie Gray; their marriage was annulled on 15 July 1854.
Written on mourning paper.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1909.
Summary
Hoping to return to London soon, noting "I have been disgracefully idle here;" reporting on Miss Siddal's health and mentioning that she and Miss Howitt will soon be in London as well. Stating "that Ruskin business seems a wretched affair," and noting that he wrote to Ruskin "but of course avoided that except a mere allusion." Mentioning that "Lizzy is a sweet companion, but the fear which the constant sight of her varying state suggests is much less pleasant to live with." With a postscript concerning Calder Campbell's attempts to call on Allingham in London.
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