Record ID:
323501
Accession number:
MA 735.12
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description:
1 item (4 p.); 17.7 cm
Notes:
Written from "The Pines, Putney Hill S.W."
Tola Dorian was the pen name of Russian-French writer and translator Kapitolina Sergueïevna Mestcherskaïa.
Part of a collection of letters from Charles Algernon Swinburne to Russian-French poet Tola Dorian. Letters in the collection have been described individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Summary:
Discussing his recent play [Locrine]; regretting that [Dante Gabriel] Rossetti is dead and cannot paint her portrait; mentioning Watts and Bertie, who sends his regards; noting that he has published three small works on the "Master" [i.e., Victor Hugo].
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. before 1913.
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