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Call Number:
MSS 47
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
Title(s):
Dante Gabriel Rossetti letter to Ellen Heaton
Date:
1863 September 26
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Part of Collection:
Box 1, folder 63.88
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 Undetermined

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:
Rossetti asks Heaton to loan him her drawing of <title>Dante's Dream</title> as he wishes to begin an oil painting on the same subject. He promises he will only ask for it once he is able to start the work immediately and will return it, along with an additional sketch, once the oil work has been started. Rossetti admits that he has not being doing much work with regards to <title>The Beloved</title> and that he will notify Heaton as soon as he does. Rossetti says he visited Belgium with his brother and that the rest of his time has been occupied with water colour reproductions of <title>The salutation of Beatrice.</title> Heaton has been in Newcastle and Rossetti hopes she enjoyed her time there. He regrets that Ruskin's portrait has been published "against his desire and injunction."
Additional Notes:
With envelope. Letterhead: 16 Cheyne Walk.
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet (4 pages) : autograph letter signed ; 19 x 23 cm, folded to 19 x 12 cm
Genre:
Correspondence
Subject Terms:
Art
Art appreciation
Collectors and collecting
Painters
Painting, British
Photography
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882. Beloved
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882. Dante’s dream at the time of the death of Beatrice
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882. Salutation of Beatrice
Subject Period:
19th century
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Heaton, Ellen, 1816-1894
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
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/2369925
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2369925?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1