Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. Autograph letters signed and initialled from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to various people

Folger bibliographic ID: 128969
Folger call number: Y.c.1457 (1-5)
Folger holdings ID: 254310
Accession Number: cs1073, 1176, 1566, 1855

Among other things, Rossetti refers to his illustrations for Shakespeare's plays and other drawings. (1) to [William?] Davies, February 19, 1879; (2) to Ernest Gambart, April 26, 1864; and (3-4) to T. Watts-Dunton, 1879 and 1881? In (4), Rossetti enclosed emendments for certain poems in his forthcoming book, Ballads and Sonnets, published in 1881. (5) is a draft of a sonnet "On certain Elisabethan Revivals", beginning O ruff-embastioned vast Elizabeth

General notes

Rosetti's unpublished sonnet "On certain Elisabethan Revivals" was given to Hall Caine for his Sonnets of Three Centuries, [1882], but was afterwards withdrawn. Poem listed in the Folger card index of first lines

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, "The pen's excellencie" : treasures from the manuscript collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library, 2002, p. 209-210 (Y.c.1457 (5))

Extended title: Autograph letters signed and initialled from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to various people 1864-[1881?]
Alternate titles: O ruff-embastioned vast Elizabeth, On certain Elisabethan Revivals

Davies, William, 1830-1896 Gambart, Ernest, 1814-1902 Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882. Correspondence Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Watts-Dunton, Theodore, 1832-1914

correspondent: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
subject: Davies, William, 1830-1896
subject: Gambart, Ernest, 1814-1902
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
subject: Watts-Dunton, Theodore, 1832-1914
correspondent: Davies, William, 1830-1896
correspondent: Watts-Dunton, Theodore, 1832-1914
correspondent: Gambart, Ernest, 1814-1902