Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882, Dante Gabriel Rossetti letter to Ellen Heaton, 1862 December 6
- Call Number:
- MSS 47
- Creator:
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
- Title(s):
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti letter to Ellen Heaton
- Date:
- 1862 December 6
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder 62.80
- 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 tells Heaton that he has sent <title>St. George and Princess Sabra</title> to Green and so cannot further alter it, saying that he thought it was better with the previous changes. Rossetti admits that he cannot tell Heaton exactly what Mr. Ruskin said of the piece because he can't remember Ruskin's comments except that "the picture pleased him decidedly." Rossetti promises to mention the "matter of the presentation" to his friend Mr. Rose. Rossetti is sorry that he does not have a day to spare on his return from Newcastle, or he would have visited Leeds and Liverpool on his way home. In a postscript, Rossetti says that he has seen Robert Browning and his son, who is "vastly improved and quite robust."
- Additional Notes:
- With envelope. Addressed from 16 Cheyne Walk. With black mourning border.
- Physical Description:
- 1 folded sheet (3 pages) : 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. St. George and the Princess Sabra
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Heaton, Ellen, 1816-1894Rose, James Anderson, 1819-1890Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
- 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/2369917
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2369917?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1