Letter to Frederic James Shields, August 28, 1870

Item — Box: 1, Folder: D.4.35

Letter to Frederic James Shields (MS23 D.4.35)

Dates

Creation: August 28, 1870

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source unknown, acquired prior to 1971; As a group, formerly in folder 4.

General

"1870 Aug 28, Cheyne Walk; Gratitude for friendship; trouble with Mitchell; your trouble with Graham. In country's financial situation "art goes first to the wall." My poem Jenny; book well received. Blackwood's. "My mind is now quite occupied with my painting": Dante's Dream. "A big picture is glorious work." Health, sight. Brown; Burne-Jones; Burton; Dunn. Partly published Mills (Ernestine Mills. The Life and Letters of Frederick Shields, 1912) pages 142-144."