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Call Number:
MSS 47
Creator:
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
Title(s):
Dante Gabriel Rossetti letter to Ellen Heaton
Date:
1855 May 11
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Part of Collection:
Box 1, folder 55.23
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:
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 expresses his hope that he can begin Heaton's commission and tells her that he will write to her if he commences the work while she is still in London so that she can visit him to see it. Rossetti admits that the "interruptions" delaying his work on Heaton's commission have also held up his other pieces and so he does not have anything "to show at present" but thanks Heaton for her continued interest. Rossetti is pleased that a gentleman has commissioned work from Arthur Hughes on Heaton's recommendation.
Additional Notes:
Addressed from 14 Chatham Place. 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
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2369901
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2369901?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1