BIB_ID
305866
Accession number
MA 382.26
Creator
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882.
Display Date
1880 Mar. 24.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.1 cm + envelope
Notes
Dated at head of letter in an unknown hand.
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.
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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1909.
Summary
Asking again that he return his drawings; commenting on the catalogue "written by Smirke for the Royal Academy" [pertains to previous correspondence regarding a book by Haydon]; describing "an improved edition of Blake's life" and his involvement in the project; asking about his son's health.
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