Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882, Dante Gabriel Rossetti letter to Ellen Heaton, 1862 May 28
- Call Number:
- MSS 47
- Creator:
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
- Title(s):
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti letter to Ellen Heaton
- Date:
- 1862 May 28
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder 62.35
- 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:
- "I write according to promise to tell you that I have now 2 water colour drawings finished: <title>After The Ninth Hour,</title> which you saw begun, and <title>Bethlehem Gate,</title> for which you saw a design. In case you would like to pay me a visit and see them, I would appoint Friday or Saturday next at 11 pm or an earlier hour if such would suit you."
- Additional Notes:
- With envelope. Addressed from 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields. With black mourning border. Elizabeth Siddall died on February 11, 1862.
- Physical Description:
- 1 folded sheet (1 page) : autograph letter signed ; 18 x 23 cm, folded to 18 x 12 cm
- Genre:
- Correspondence
- Subject Terms:
- ArtArt appreciationCollectors and collectingPaintersPainting, BritishPhotographyRossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882. After the ninth hourRossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882. Bethlehem Gate
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Heaton, Ellen, 1816-1894Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
- Finding Aid Title:
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti Letters to Ellen Heaton
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2369914
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2369914?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1