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Letter to William Michael Rossetti, 1857-08-02

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: W.6.2
Letter to William Michael Rossetti (MS23 W.6.2)
Letter to William Michael Rossetti (MS23 W.6.2)

Dates

  • Creation: 1857-08-02

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase: Myers 386:304 (21 letters & 3 words by Tennyson). Date of acquisition: Spring 1956 catalogue. Description of lot gave names of nos 1, 3-20, Craig, Greenwood . No. 2 is of unknown provenance, but may also have been part of the lot. Previously part of MS 23W.3 (now obsolete).

General

Author: Anthony. [Probably Mark Anthony, 1817-1886]. Summary: "[1857 Aug 25 in pencil]; Begins: "I return the paper [?] filled up [...] " Green[?] had the two pictures; no need to send the large one. I'm exhausted. Venice was too hot to work in; but much taken with the Swiss mountains. [Top half only of sheet.] Marked "Anthony the Landscape-painter" Annotator probably W. M. Rossetti."

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