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Rossetti Collections
Brief Guides
Manuscripts Division
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Princeton University Library
Christina Georgina Rossetti Collection (C0222)
Consists primarily of signed autograph manuscripts--over 50 letters and
19 poems--of Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894), a poet and sister
of Dante Gabriel and William Michael Rossetti. Among the sonnets, lyrics,
and spiritual verses are "Autumn," "A Discovery," "My Old Friends," "Ruin,"
and "Winter, A Christmas Carol." Addressees of the letters include William
Bryant, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. All the poems
and most of the letters are undated. Other Rossetti material includes a
receipt, 1871, given to Roberts Brothers on the sale of Poems and
a memo, 1860, addressed to the editor of The Cornhill Magazine.
This collection (1 box) was formed as a result of a departmental practice
of combining into one collection, manuscript material of various accessions
relating to a particular author, and is arranged in the following open-ended
series:
| I. Works: Verse |
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"Autumn" |
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n.d. |
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"A Coast-Nightmare" |
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n.d. |
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"A Discovery" |
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n.d. |
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"An Escape" |
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n.d. |
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"A Hopeless Case (Nydia)" |
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n.d. |
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"Hymn" |
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n.d. |
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"My Old Friends" |
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n.d. |
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"A Prospective Meeting" |
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n.d. |
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"Reflection" |
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n.d. |
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"A Return, Alas Poor Ghost" |
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n.d. |
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"Rivals, A Shadow of Saint Dorothea" |
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n.d. |
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"River Thames (?)" |
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"Ruin" |
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"Solitude" |
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"A Study (A Soul)" |
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"Summer" |
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"Sunshine" |
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n.d. |
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"Winter, A Christmas Carol, (on the stroke of Midnight)" |
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n.d. |
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"A Year's Windfalls" with cover sheet "Portfolio" |
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n.d. |
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| II. Correspondence |
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Banks, G. Linnaeus, Mrs. |
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1 ALS |
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1870 |
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Bervir, Edith |
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7 ALsS |
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n.d. |
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Bryant, Mrs. |
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1 ALS |
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n.d. |
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Bryant, William |
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1 ALS |
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1885 |
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Catchpole, Mr. |
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1 ALS |
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1885 |
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Cornhill Magazine |
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1 AN |
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1860 |
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Dickinson, Mrs. |
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1 ALS |
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1886 |
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Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge [Carroll, Lewis] |
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2 ALsS |
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Gilchrist, Mrs. |
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1 ALS |
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June 18, 1863 |
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[Greenwell (?)], Dora |
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1 ALS |
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n.d. ("Friday afternoon") |
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Gurney, [Archer Thompson?] |
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1 ALS |
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ca. 1800 |
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Haydon, Mary |
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5 ALsS |
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n.d. |
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Heaton, Mrs. |
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1 ANS |
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n.d. |
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Heimann, [Amelia Barnard] |
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3 AlsS |
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1864-1883 |
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Horder, W. Garrett |
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3 AlsS |
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1882, 1885, n.d. |
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Ingelow, Jean |
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1 ALS to C.R. |
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n.d. |
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Ingram, John H. |
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1 ALS |
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[1882] |
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Leifchild, Miss |
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1 ANS |
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Roberts Brothers |
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1 ADS (receipt) |
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1871 |
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Rossetti, Dante Gabriel |
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1 ALS |
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1865 |
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1 ALS, re: Goblin Market reading, with clipping |
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[1870] |
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Rossetti, Lucy (Mrs. William Rossetti) |
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1 ALS |
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n.d. |
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Rossetti, Maria Francesca |
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4 ALsS to Edith Bevir |
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1875, n.d. |
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Rossetti, William Michael |
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1 ALS |
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n.d. ("Monday morning") |
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Stillman, Mr. |
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1 ALS |
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n.d. |
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White, Mrs. |
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1 ALS |
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n.d. |
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Unidentified |
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1 ALS, removed from "Sing-Song" |
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1894 |
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1 ALS, to "Dear Sir" |
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n.d. (Saturday 9th) |
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1 ALS, to "Dear Sir" |
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1881 |
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1 ALS, to "My dear Ellen" |
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[1885] |
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1 ALS, to "Dear Madam" |
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1 ALS, to "Dear Sir" |
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1866 |
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1 ALS, to "Dear Sir" |
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1877 |
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1 ANS, 1 AN, 1 ALS (fragment) with four autographs |
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1 ALS, to "Dear Sir" |
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1885 |
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1 ALS, 30 Torrington Square to "My dear Madame" |
n.d. (Saturday) |
| III. Miscellaneous Material |
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Photographs |
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[Henry Taylor?] |
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Printed Matter |
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obituary card |
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1894 |
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clippings (1 poem, 3 drawings, 1 photo, 1 incomplete article) |
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti Collection (C0185)
Contains over fifty letters by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), dated
from 1857-1881, as well as several manuscripts of verse and a pen and ink
self-portrait. Letters are addressed to Ford Madox Brown, Robert Browning,
Edward Burne-Jones, William Rossetti, and others, with one letter from
Theodore Watts-Dunton. Among the manuscripts are the sonnets "If to grow
old in Heaven," and "O Bella Mano, and an autograph transcription of Cecco
Angiolieri's sonnet "Ben Avventurato è Chi Ama." Also include are
seven albumen prints (approx. 6" x 8") of Jane Morris, taken by J. B. Parosns
in 1865, apparently from D. G. Rossetti's personal collection (via Everard
Meynell).
This collection was formed as a result of a departmental practice
of combining into one collection, manuscript material of various accessions
relating to a particular author, and is arranged in the following open-ended
series:
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I. Correspondence |
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Bennett, W.C. [William Cox?] |
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1 ALS, with typed manuscript |
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n.d. (Monday) |
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Brass, Mr. |
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7 ALsS by D.G.R. |
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1871-1874 |
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Brown, Ford Madox |
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1 ALS by D.G.R. |
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1873 |
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1 ALS by D.G.R., with notes on "catalogues" |
n.d. (Tuesday) |
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Browning, Robert |
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1 ALS by D.G.R. |
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1865 |
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Burcham, R.P. |
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1 ALS by D.G.R. |
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n.d. (Thursday) |
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Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, Sir |
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1 ALS by D.G.R. Contains sonnet on verso for "Circe," begins
"Why sink those black drops in that golden wine..." |
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Conway, Mrs. |
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1 ALS by D.G.R. |
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1868 |
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Coronio, Mrs. |
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1 ALS by D.G R. |
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[Oct. 1880] |
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Cowper, Mrs. |
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1 ALS by D.G.R. |
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1871 |
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Dempster, Miss |
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1 ALS by D.G.R. |
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Jan. 1875 |
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Deverell, [William Trapnell] |
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2 ALsS by D.G.R. |
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ca. 1866 |
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Field, Edwin |
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1 ALS by D.G.R. |
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1864 |
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Gilchrist, ______ |
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1 ALS by D.G.R., to "My dear Gilchrist" |
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1 ALS by D.G.R., to "Dear Mrs. Gilchrist" |
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1872 |
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Hatch, ______ |
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1 ALS by D.G.R. |
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n.d. (Saturday) |
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Heaton, ______ |
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1 ALS by D.G.R., to "My dear Heaton" |
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1 ALS by D.G.R., to "My dear Madam" |
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1878 |
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[Heaton, Mary Margaret, Mrs.?] |
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Howell, ______ |
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1 ALS by D.G.R. |
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Hulton, Richard H. |
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1 ALS by D.G.R. |
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1862 |
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Jones, Mrs. [Burne-Jones, Georgiana, Lady?] |
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1 ALS by D.G.R. |
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1881 |
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Knight, [Joseph?] |
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1 ALS by D.G.R. |
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1875 |
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Landells, E. [Ebenezer?] |
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1 ALS by D.G.R. |
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n.d. (Tuesday) |
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Miller, John |
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1 ALS by D.G.R., with fragment of another ALS |
1857 |
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Rossetti, Frances Mary |
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3 ALsS by D.G.R. |
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1861, 1865, n.d. |
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Rossetti, Lucy M. |
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1 ALS by D.G.R. |
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n.d. |
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Rossetti, William Michael |
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2 ALsS by D.G.R. |
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[1879], n.d. (Sunday) |
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Seddon, ______ |
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1 ALS by D.G.R. |
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ca. 1861 |
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Shields, [Frederic?] |
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1 ALS by D.G.R. |
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Stevenson, A.S. |
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1 ALS by D.G.R. |
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1867 |
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Story, W.W. [William Wetmore?] |
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1 ALS by D.G.R. |
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1864 |
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Sumner, Mrs. |
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1 ALS by D.G.R. |
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n.d. (Tuesday) |
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Taylor, Tom |
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1 ALS by D.G.R. |
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Watts, George Frederic |
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9 ALsS by D.G.R. |
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1866-1875 |
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Watts-Dunton, Theodore |
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1 ALS to D.G.R. |
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1874 |
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Wuford, E. |
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1 ALS by D.G.R. |
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1862 |
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Unidentified |
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2 ALsS by D.G.R., to "My dear Sir" |
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II. Writings |
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"The Blessed Damozel" |
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1 AMsS, verse 7 of poem |
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n.d. |
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"Box No.4" |
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1 AMs (inventory of draperies), partially in the hand of
D.G.R. |
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"If to grow old in Heaven..." |
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1 AMs |
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"O Lovely Hand (La Bella Mano)" |
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2 AMss, transcription in English and Italian |
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"Of Love in Men and Devils (Ben avventurato è chi
ama)" |
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1 AMs. Transcription in Italian of Cecco Angiolieri's (ca.1260-1312)
sonnet "Ben avventurato è chi ama," or, as by Rossetti, "Of Love
in Men and Devils." 14 lines in the hand of D.G.R. |
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III. Drawings |
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Self portrait |
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1 self portrait in pen and ink, signed and dated, framed |
1849 |
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Illustrations |
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2 illustrations for Christina Rossetti's "The Prince's
Progress" (1 signed), n.d. |
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IV. Miscellaneous Papers |
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"And here's Punchinello..." |
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1 AN by Collier, John Payne, re: his edition of Punch
and Judy
removed from Punch and Judy (London: E. H. Reid, 3rd
edition, 1832) |
1828 |
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"A Marriage of St. Katharine" |
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1 AMs in the hand of [Frederic George Stephens?], copy
of the poem by Hans Memmeling removed from Stephens'copy of
Poems
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (London: F. S. Ellis, 1870) |
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n.d. |
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"A Virgin and Child" |
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1 AMs in the hand of [Frederic George Stephens?], copy
of the poem by Hans Memmeling removed from Stephens' copy of Poems
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (London: F. S. Ellis, 1870) |
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7 mounted albumen prints of Jane Morris taken by J. B.
Parsons, image sizes approximately 6" x 8" |
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William Michael Rossetti Collection (C0223)
Consists of a collection of original letters and manuscripts of William
Michael Rossetti (1829-1919), one of the Pre-Raphaelite "brothers." Addressees
of the letters include Charles Aldrich, William M. Colles, E. H. Leggatt,
Everard Meynell, David M. Main, Frederick Locker, Ford Madox Ford, Theodore
Watts-Dunton, Octavia Susman, and others. The manuscripts include his introduction
to Miscellaneous Essays, Sketches, and Reviews, a volume of Thackeray's
works, two undated essays attributed to Rossetti entitled "Flowers in Ancient
Egypt" and "The Gardens of Ancient Egypt," his review and prefatory note
to Charles Dicken's Pictures from Italy, and a biographical sketch
of Ford Madox Brown. Also present are two photographs of Rossetti and family
members.
This collection (1 box) was formed as a result of a departmental practice
of combining into one collection, manuscript material of various accessions
relating to a particular author, and is arranged in the following open-ended
series:
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Brown, Ford Madox (1821-1893) - biographical sketch [begins
"The circumstances under…"] |
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AMs, 7 pp., n.d. |
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"Flowers in Ancient Egypt" |
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TMs, with autograph corrections, 33 pp., n.d. |
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"The Gardens of Ancient Egypt" |
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TMs, with autograph corrections, 36 pp., n.d. |
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"Miscellaneous Essays and Reviews" [introduction to William
Makepeace Thackeray's Miscellaneous Essays, Sketches and Reviews] |
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TMs, with autograph corrections, 11 pp., 1903 |
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"Pictures from Italy - Prefatory Note" [preface to Pictures
from Italy by Charles Dickens] |
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TMs, with autograph corrections, 8 pp., 1902 |
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Aldrich, Charles |
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2 ALsS, with typed transcripts, 1884 |
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Bastian, Mrs. |
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1 ALS, [1872] |
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Bell, Mackenzie |
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1 ALS to Rossetti, 1898 [annotated by Rossetti in pencil
at the top of the first page: "Biographer of Christina Rossetti-Relates
to a proposed visit to Holmer Green (some 30 miles from London) where our
grandfather Polidori lived in our childhood."] |
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Bennett, Alfred W. |
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1 ALS, 1865 |
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Burcham, R. P. |
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1 ALS, n.d. |
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Castelvecchio, Signorina |
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correspondence with William Michael Rossetti, Montague Rhodes
James, and Charles H. St. John Hornby about Dante Gabriel Rossetti's poem,
"Sister Helen," 1906 |
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Clayton, [John?] |
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1 ALS, [1907] |
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Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir |
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1 ALS, 1902 |
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Colles, William M. |
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21 ALsS, 1898-1907 |
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Deverell, Mrs. [Walter?] |
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1 ALS, 1899 |
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Durham, Mr. |
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2 ALsS, 1882 |
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Everson, Miss |
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1 ALS, 1902 |
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Ford, Ford Madox & Elsie |
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11 ALsS, 1897-1910 |
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Furnivall, Frederick J. |
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1 ALS, with typed transcript, [1868] |
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Green, Jesse C. |
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1 ANS, 1886 |
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Hood, P. H. |
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5 ALsS, re: W. T. Deverell & exhibition of D. G. R.,
1900-1918 |
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Hueffer, [Francis] |
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1 ALS, re: death of D. G. R., 1882 |
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Hunt, William Holman |
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1 ALS, re: "Mr. Tupper", n.d. |
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1 ALS, 1907 |
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4 ALsS to Mrs. Hunt, 1885-1906 |
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[See also: Photographs] |
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[Knowles, B.] |
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1 ALS, 1898 |
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Leggatt, E. H. |
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1 ALS, 1888 |
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Locker, Frederick |
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4 ALsS, re: W. M. R.'s book on Shelley, ca. 1870 |
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Lowe, Miss |
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2 ALsS, 1882 |
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Lushington, [Vernon?] |
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1 ALS (photocopy), re: F. M. Brown's gout, 1882 |
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Mac Coll |
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1 ACS, n.d. |
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Main, David M. |
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4 ALsS, 1883-1886 |
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Meynell, Everard |
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5 ALsS, 3 ACsS, 1903-1907 |
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Morse, Mrs. |
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1 ALS, 1898 |
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Murray, Alma |
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1 ALS, 1888 |
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Noble, J. A. |
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1 ALS, 1880 |
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[Prideaux, Colonel] |
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1 ALS, 1906 |
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Roberts Bros. |
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1 ALS, 1894 |
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Seddon, Mr. |
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1 ALS, n.d. |
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Stephens, Frederic G. |
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1 ACS, 1892 |
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Susman, Octavia |
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11 ALsS, 1901-1905 |
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1 clipping, 1902 |
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Tupper, Mrs. |
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1 ALS, 1899 |
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[See also: Hunt, W.H.] |
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Vincent, Gertrude H. |
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1 ALS, 1904 |
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Waddington, Mr. |
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1 ALS, 1886 |
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Warren, Fiske, Mrs. |
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1 ALS, 1891 |
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Watts-Dunton, Theodore |
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2 ALsS, with typed transcripts, 1887-1888 |
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Whistler, James McNeill |
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ANS (with AN by Rossetti), ca. 1892 |
| III. Unidentified Correspondence |
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"My Dear Sir" (quotes Shelley), 1873 |
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"Dear Sirs" (re: royalties of D. G. R.), 1897 |
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"Dear Sir" (re: photo WMR & W. B. Scott), 1897 |
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"Dear Sir" (re: exhibition of D. G. R.), 1898 |
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"Dear Sir" (re: subscription for George Cruikshank), March
19, n.y. |
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"My dear Madam" (re: poetic gift), July 23, n.y. |
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"My dear Madam" (re: copyright of poems of C.R.), 1910 |
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| IV. Documents and Miscellaneous Material |
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Photographs |
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William Michael Rossetti, Arthur & Mary Rossetti, Mrs.
Arthur Rossetti, Olivia Rossetti Agresti, and Helen Rossetti Angeli, inscribed
to Mrs. Garnett by Olivia Rossetti Agresti, n.d. |
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William Michael Rossetti & Helen M. Madox Rossetti, 1896 |
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William Michael Rossetti, his son Arthur and Arthur's son,
inscribed to William Holman Hunt, 1905 |
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Miscellaneous Material |
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Printed Matter: Clippings |
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"Souscription pour subvenir aux premiers besoins d'une famille
française...:" |
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ADS, subscription for funds to aid a poor French family signed
by Ford Madox Brown, W. M. Rossetti, Francis Hueffer, A. Hake, M. Cavre,
H. V., Mrs. Linton, and D. G. Rossetti, [1872] |
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Rossetti, Gabriele: |
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AMs (in Italian),...."Che squallore, che miseria, che inerzia,
che pratiche superstiziose, che invincibili pregiudizi," on Italian history
and politics of the Papacy, 1 p., with a separate autograph note by William
Michael Rossetti, [ca.1850] |
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