Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882, Dante Gabriel Rossetti letter to Ellen Heaton, 1864 June 28
- Call Number:
- MSS 47
- Creator:
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
- Title(s):
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti letter to Ellen Heaton
- Date:
- 1864 June 28
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder 64.86
- 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 asks Heaton to visit him on Friday at 4 pm or after, or on Saturday at 12 noon or 1 pm to see her <title>Sir Galahad</title> drawing. He reasserts the price of the piece as 100 guineas and asks Heaton if he could have £55 when she visits as he is "obliged to go out of town on Saturday for a day of two, to avoid a summons on the Grand Jury (!)" Rossetti says his <title>Joan of Arc</title> is nearly complete and hopes that Heaton will enjoy the <title>Sir Galahad</title> which he thinks is becoming one of his best works. Rossetti expects Heaton for dinner on Thursday at his mother's, alongside Mr. and Mrs. Aldam Heaton. Rossetti has visited the "smelling little shops" and has "got one on approval to show [Heaton]." Rossetti proclaims that the photograph of <title>Dante's dream</title> is "a bogie with a vengeance," bemoaning its colours and the fact that one side of the photo is darker than the other, "which must be owing to bungling."
- Additional Notes:
- With envelope. Letterhead: 16 Cheyne Walk.
- 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 collectingPaintersPainting, BritishPhotographyRossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882. Dante’s dream at the time of the death of BeatriceRossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882. How Sir Galahad, Sir Bors and Sir Percival were fed with the Sanct Grael; but Sir Percival's sister died by the wayRossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882. Joan of Arc
- 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/2369934
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2369934?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1