BIB_ID
442157
Accession number
MA 4500
Creator
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882 sender.
Display Date
London, England, 2 May 1854.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.0 x 11.5 cm
Notes
Dated "2nd May".
Possible year of writing based on pencil marking on first page.
Written from "London".
Written on black-edged mourning stationery.
Half of second leaf torn away.
Year of writing deduced from internal evidence; Rossetti's father died in 1854.
Possible year of writing based on pencil marking on first page.
Written from "London".
Written on black-edged mourning stationery.
Half of second leaf torn away.
Year of writing deduced from internal evidence; Rossetti's father died in 1854.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Writing to Barbara to say he will try to come to Hastings tomorrow evening to see Miss Siddal (referring to Elizabeth Siddal); thanking her for her letter and noting that he will stop by to see her; sharing that his father has died and that his funeral is the next day.
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