BIB_ID
305874
Accession number
MA 382.28
Creator
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882.
Display Date
1880 Apr. 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.1 cm + envelope
Notes
Date and location taken from postmark.
Dated at head of letter in an unknown hand.
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.
Dated at head of letter in an unknown hand.
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
Acknowledging receipt of payment for Mrs. Smetham; expressing his pleasure at learning he will finally return his drawings; indicating he will "mention the Velasquez book to [William Bell] Scott," whose home was recently robbed; mentioning that Shields' health has declined.
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