Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Mrs. Gilchrist, [ca. 1863 May 23].

BIB_ID
306676
Accession number
MA 3671.18
Creator
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882.
Display Date
[ca. 1863 May 23].
Credit line
Bequest of Mrs. Landon K. Thorne, 1974.
Description
1 item (7 p.) ; 18 cm
Notes
Estimated date is from Fredeman.
On verso of p. 7 is an unrelated address panel (to an Emma Giddins) in an unknown hand.
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.
Provenance
Bequest of Mrs. Landon K. Thorne in 1974.
Summary
Discussing at length his need for new servants, particularly a "handy man or youth"; mentioning a mislabeled plate in v. 1 of "Life of Blake" and recommending the inclusion of a quotation from Browning's Pictor Ignotus.