Letter to W. M. Rossetti, 1858-03-04

Additional Description

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: Fripp, George Arthur, 1813-1896 . Summary: [1858 Mar 4 penciled in], 56 Camden Square NW.; Summary: After our Gallery opens in May I'll finish a picture for America. Glad that the panic subsiding so that the Exhibition probably will be attractive. To be supported by British Artists good chance of a sale necessary. Marked "Geo. Fripp, water-colour Landscapist." Annotator probably W. M. Rossetti.