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Total number of records: 361

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Rossetti, William Michael (1829-1919)151
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)26
Clodd, Edward (1840-1930)1
Hewison, Robert (1943-)1
Hunt, Margaret (1831-1912)1
Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910)1
Rossetti Family1
Ruskin, John, 1819-19001
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William Michael Rossetti to William Davis

06 Oct 1883

'Dear Mr Davis, I was extremeley obliged to you for those letters of my brother's'. WMR thanks him, but does not presently wish to publish Dante Gabriel Rossetti's letters.

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William Michael Rossetti correspondence

1843-1909

Letters written by William Michael Rossetti to various correspondents. Includes a significant series of letters addressed to John Lucas Tupper, and a further series to Annie Tupper.

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Correspondence of William Holman Hunt

Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910)

1857-1909

Includes correspondence from William Holman Hunt to: (1) Mrs Margaret Hunt (8 letters); (2) Alfred Hunt (3 letters); (3) Ford Madox Brown (3 letters); (4) Edward Clodd (15 letters); (5) Leslie Stephen...

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti to William Davis

c. 3 Dec 1869

'My dear Davies/Many thanks for the 2 Frescobaldi sonnets - the first very pretty indeed...'

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti to William Davis

c. 4 Dec 1873

'My dear Davies/I was meaning, as soon as I get a copy or two of my "Dante & his Circle" from Ellis, to send you one & ask you to reciprocate...'

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti to William Davis

c. 1 Mar 1878

'My dear Davies/Your letter was very welcome: in aspect it might be an Epistle from Salvini to Redi touching the text of Dante, or almost from Guido Cavalcanti to Dante himself...'

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti to William Davis

c. 9 October 1878

'My dear Davies/The Fiammetta is leaving here tomorrow afternoon (Thursday) but I should be very glad to show it you any time between 2 & 3.30 if possible for you to look in then...'

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti to William Davis

c. 11 Oct 1878

'My dear Davies/I recollect that when I told you that the first of 3 articles in Athenaeum on Ebenezer Jones was not by Watts, I mentioned its authorship...'

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti to William Davis

c. 8 Nov 1878

'My dear Davies/An old friend of mine not favored by fortune (the same who did the mezzotint I showed you) has for disposal a small old picture...'

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti to William Davis

c. 27 Nov 1878

'My dear Davies/I have not yet thanked you for the "Tiber" which I value much & shall enjoy...'

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti to William Davis

c. 2 Feb 1879

'My dear Davies/My head runs on that "marvellous boy"...'

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