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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:
Art
Art appreciation
Collectors and collecting
Painters
Painting, British
Photography
Rossetti, 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
Rossetti, 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