BIB_ID
306347
Accession number
MA 3671.6
Creator
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882.
Display Date
1862 Sept. 25.
Credit line
Bequest of Mrs. Landon K. Thorne, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.2 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from Dante Gabriel Rossetti primarily to Mrs. Alexander Gilchrist. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written from "59 L. I. F." (Lincoln's Inn Fields).
Written from "59 L. I. F." (Lincoln's Inn Fields).
Provenance
Bequest of Mrs. Landon K. Thorne in 1974.
Summary
Regarding "Life of Blake" - apologizing for having come across as "foolish & snobbish" in his previous letter and emphasizing that he simply did not consider himself justified in contacting Swinburne without her authority; agreeing with her that "congruity in the views taken throughout the book" is of great importance; indicating that his brother William will look over the manuscript and proof sheets along with her letter; appending a post-script asking her to contact William regarding which parts to revise on the sheet returned by Haines.
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