BIB_ID
305701
Accession number
MA 382.13
Creator
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882.
Display Date
1879 Sept. 24.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (7 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
Acknowledging receipt of payment for "Smetham's picture of the Bedesman" and commenting on its "intrinsic value"; requesting news on the Blake portraits; commenting on the photos he sent; enclosing six photos, as promised in a previous letter, of his work.
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