Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882, Dante Gabriel Rossetti letter to Ellen Heaton, 1864 November 13
- Call Number:
- MSS 47
- Creator:
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
- Title(s):
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti letter to Ellen Heaton
- Date:
- 1864 November 13
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder 64.155
- 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:
- "Your letter has been sent on to me here. I expect to be back in another week or so. I am much pleased that the <title>Joan of Arc</title> pleases you. There is no alteration whatsoever in the <title>Sir Galahad</title>. The Joan was painted from a female model, and looks like nothing in the world but a female."
- Additional Notes:
- Addressed from Paris.
- Physical Description:
- 1 folded sheet (1 page) : autograph letter signed ; 21 x 27 cm, folded to 21 x 14 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 wayRossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882. Joan of Arc
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Rossetti, 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/2369943
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2369943?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1