BIB_ID
306184
Accession number
MA 1640.38
Creator
Dunn, Henry Treffry, 1838-1899.
Display Date
[ca. 1875-1877].
Credit line
Purchased, 1955.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.2 cm
Notes
Letter is dated "Friday."
Part of a collection of letters from Dante Gabriel Rossetti primarily to Mrs. William Cowper-Temple. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written from 16 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea.
Part of a collection of letters from Dante Gabriel Rossetti primarily to Mrs. William Cowper-Temple. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written from 16 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea.
Provenance
Purchased from Maggs in 1955.
Summary
Explaining his delay in writing and reminiscing about his time spent at Broadlands; indicating he has no good news to report of "poor suffering Miss Shaw"; discussing his lack of progress on the drawing "intended for 52 Hans Place"; mentioning Rossetti's disappointment at his unfavorable report on "the old Elizabethan House" but describing its "old world" charm as inspiration for a painting; sending warm regards on behalf of Rossetti and describing what he has been working on; thanking Mrs. Tollemache for her book on "Spain and its pictures."
Catalog link
Department