Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882, Dante Gabriel Rossetti letter to Ellen Heaton, 1856 May 12
- Call Number:
- MSS 47
- Creator:
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
- Title(s):
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti letter to Ellen Heaton
- Date:
- 1856 May 12
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder 56.32
- 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 apologizes to Heaton for his delayed response. He tells Heaton he will be happy to show his drawings to Arabella Moulton Barrett, if Heaton arranges an appointment. Rossetti admits that he thinks there is "little [art] worth seeing" in London at the present moment, except for the Royal Academy exhibition. Rossetti notes that the Royal Academy has not exhibited Robert Browning's portrait, despite having accepted it. Rossetti recommends pictures from the collection of William Ward, Earl of Dudley, which are on public display at the Egyptian Hall, and works from Giotto in the Crystal Palace which Rossetti proclaims the "finest sacred art [he] ever saw." Rossetti says that he has spoken to William Holman Hunt on Heaton's behalf and that Hunt is happy to show her his most recent work.
- Additional Notes:
- With envelope. Date from Fredeman.
- Physical Description:
- 1 folded sheet (4 pages) : autograph letter signed ; 18 x 23 cm, folded to 18 x 12 cm
- Genre:
- Correspondence
- Subject Terms:
- ArtArt appreciationCollectors and collectingHunt, William Holman, 1827-1910. Finding of the Saviour in the TemplePaintersPainting, BritishPhotography
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Barrett, Arabella, -1868Dudley, William Ward, Earl of, 1817-1885Heaton, Ellen, 1816-1894Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
- Finding Aid Title:
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti Letters to Ellen Heaton
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2369904
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2369904?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1