Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882, Dante Gabriel Rossetti letter to Ellen Heaton, 1864 July 2
- Call Number:
- MSS 47
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
- Title(s):
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti letter to Ellen Heaton
- Date:
- 1864 July 2
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder 64.94
- 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:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe 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 is concerned that Heaton believes her commissioned drawing to be small in relation to its price. Rossetti tells her that Mr. Dunlop recently paid 100 guineas each for two of his drawings, a price paid by others to Mr. Gambart (a dealer) for similar ones. Rossetti cites another instance in which a drawing smaller than the <title>Sir Galahad</title> had fetched 120 guineas and says that 100 guineas has become his standard rate for private commissions. He suggests that if Heaton looks at Dunlop's drawings, she will see that she is receiving more work for the same price. Despite Heaton's kind words about the <title>Sir Galahad</title>, Rossetti is writing to her "to remove any impression, however slight, that [he is] treating so faithful a friend and purchaser as [Heaton] at any disadvantage compared with others."
- 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. How Sir Galahad, Sir Bors and Sir Percival were fed with the Sanct Grael; but Sir Percival's sister died by the way
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Dunlop, Walter, active 1857-1885Gambart, Ernest, 1814-1902Heaton, Ellen, 1816-1894Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
- 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/2369936
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2369936?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1