BIB_ID
305835
Accession number
MA 382.22
Creator
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882.
Display Date
1880 Feb. 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.1 cm + envelope
Notes
Date and location taken from postmark.
Envelope with postage and postmarks, addressed to "Edmund 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 "Edmund 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
Asking him to include "Shields's Three Roses" when sending his drawings; mentioning a friend that is still awaiting a reply from Burton about a painting and indicating that he thinks Burton won't decide to buy [Bates'] picture.
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