BIB_ID
305692
Accession number
MA 382.12
Creator
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882.
Display Date
1879 Sept. 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with postage and postmarks, addressed to "E. Bates Esq., 1 Upper Fountaine Street, Leeds."
Location taken from postmark.
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.
Location taken from postmark.
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
Expressing flattery at his "little poem" and indicating that he'll be sending him "a few photos from very old designs"; alluding again to the possibility of going into business together.
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