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Call Number:
MSS 47
Creator:
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
Title(s):
Dante Gabriel Rossetti letter to Ellen Heaton
Date:
1875 October 9?
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Part of Collection:
Box 1, folder misc.1
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:
These fragments are examples of Rossetti's letter closings. They read: "Believe me, dear Miss Heaton, Yours ever truly, D. G. Rossetti"; "Very truly yours, D. G. Rossetti"; and "Yours sincerely, D. G. Rossetti."
Additional Notes:
With envelope. Sent from 14 Chantham Place, Blackfriars.
Physical Description:
3 letter signature fragments : autograph letters signed ; 9 x 12 cm and smaller
Genre:
Correspondence
Subject Terms:
Art
Art appreciation
Collectors and collecting
Painters
Painting, British
Photography
Subject Period:
19th century
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Heaton, Ellen, 1816-1894
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
Finding Aid Title:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Letters to Ellen Heaton
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2369948
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2369948?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1