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.

Letter from Dante Rossetti, London, to Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, 19 April 1854 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
442158
Accession number
MA 4500
Creator
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882 sender.
Display Date
London, England, 19 April 1854.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.1 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Dated "Wednesday".
Possible date ascertained from internal evidence.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Thanking Barbara for her invitation and postcard; asking if he can visit next Monday; hoping to show her a drawing; asking if Miss Parkes can join their next meeting if she is in town and not previously engaged. Postscript at bottom of page sharing that John Ruskin asked after Bessie Parkes and remarked positively on her poetry.