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Call Number:
MSS 47
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
Title(s):
Dante Gabriel Rossetti letter to Ellen Heaton
Date:
1855 February 27?
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Part of Collection:
Box 1, folder 55.11
Provenance:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, The material passed from Ellen Heaton to her nephew John Heaton, and subsequently to his brother Beresford Heaton, then to Katherine Ogilvy Heaton, and finally to Elizabeth Maud Sackville Robertson. Sold at auction, Christie, Manson & Woods, July 16, 1969 (see catalog entry no. 117).
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

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:
Rossetti says that "owing to absence," Heaton's letter has only just reached him. Rossetti provides Heaton with Arthur Hughes's address and describes Hughes as "the one ... whose genius is, beyond a doubt, of the highest order." He says that he thinks Heaton would admire his works' "genuine poetry and originality." Rossetti ends by apologizing for the hastiness of his response, explaining he is busy with work.
Additional Notes:
With envelope; black mourning border. Date provided by Fredeman.
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet (3 pages) : autograph letter signed ; 18 x 23 cm, folded to 18 x 12 cm
Genre:
Correspondence
Subject Terms:
Art
Art appreciation
Collectors and collecting
Painters
Painting, British
Photography
Subject Period:
19th century
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Heaton, Ellen, 1816-1894
Hughes, Arthur, 1832-1915
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
Finding Aid Title:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Letters to Ellen Heaton
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/5859.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2369892
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2369892?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1