Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882, Dante Gabriel Rossetti letter to William Houghton Clabburn, 1864 December 9?
- Call Number:
- MSS 31
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
- Title(s):
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti letter to William Houghton Clabburn
- Date:
- 1864 December 9?
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder 7
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- "My [letterhead and salutation removed] I have sent your cheque to Legros telling him to sign a receipt. I enclose his & forward it to you -- also telling him what you say. Excuse haste & believe me, Very truly yours DG Rossetti"
- Additional Notes:
- Letterhead excised. The letter is undated. The content of the letter suggests that it followed the letter of 1864 December 4 (folder 6) -- in which Rossetti proposes to arrange for the purchase of Legros's La mort de Saint François. The letter may correspond to the envelope in the present collection postmarked 1864 December 9.
- Physical Description:
- 1 folded sheet (1 page) : autograph letter signed ; 18 x 23 cm, folded to 18 x 12 cm
- Genre:
- Correspondence
- Subject Terms:
- ArtCollectors and collectingLegros, Alphonse, 1837-1911. Mort de Saint FrançoisPaintersPainting, BritishPeacocksReproductionRossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882. Mary Magdalene at the door of Simon the Pharisee
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Clabburn, William Houghton, 1819 or 1820-1889Legros, Alphonse, 1837-1911Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
- Finding Aid Title:
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti Letters to William Houghton Clabburn
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/5858.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2369887
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2369887?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1