BIB_ID
305680
Accession number
MA 382.5
Creator
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882.
Display Date
1879 July 24.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18 cm + envelope
Notes
Date and location are from postmark.
Envelope with postage and postmarks, addressed to "E. Bates Esq., 1 Upper Fountaine Street, Leeds."
Part of a collection of letters from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to various recipients. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Envelope with postage and postmarks, addressed to "E. Bates Esq., 1 Upper Fountaine Street, Leeds."
Part of a collection of letters from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to various recipients. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1909.
Summary
Discussing the pricing of Smetham's paintings and mentioning that he has, in the past, sold works at good prices to Mr. Cowper-Temple, Mr. W. Graham, Mr. Vernon Lushington, and "also to several Manchester gentlemen."
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