BIB_ID
305493
Accession number
MA 381.21
Creator
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882.
Display Date
[1855] June 25 and July 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (13 p.) ; 14.3-18 cm
Notes
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.
Year from Fredeman.
Year from Fredeman.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1909.
Summary
Thanking him for his book. Mentioning that he is in London visiting Miss Siddal, and wondering whether Allingham will be in London soon. Listing some of his favorite poems (of Allingham's). Continuing the letter on 4 July in London: discussing poetry; mentioning mutual acquaintances and hoping that Allingham will be able to arrange a meeting with Ruskin; remarking that Ruskin is reading his translations of English poetry.
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