A collection of diaries and letters from the Pre-Raphaelite circle, edited by William Michael Rossetti. It gathers personal records and correspondence, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti's papers and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood journal, offering a close view of the group's early years. Valuable for readers interested in nineteenth-century art and literary history.
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Christina Rossetti Christina Georgina Rossetti, Profile by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Pencil (20 May 1865). A very exact likeness of her at the age of thirty-four.
PRÆRAPHAELITE
DIARIES AND LETTERS
EDITED BY
WILLIAM MICHAEL ROSSETTI
I SLjƽŧ EĵǡƯΏ CLjǡǡŧǪǙLjƿŠŧƿŕŧ Ljż Dĵƿǵŧ GĵœǡƗŧƯ RLjǪǪŧǵǵƗ 1835-54
II MĵŠLjΎ BǡLj΅ƿ’Ǫ DƗĵǡΏ ŧǵŕ 1844-56
III Tƒŧ P R B JLjǼǡƿĵƯ ƫŧǙǵ œΏ W M RLjǪǪŧǵǵƗ 1849-53
ILLUSTRATED
J’ai voulu tout simplement puiser dans l’entière connaissance de la tradition le sentiment raisonné et indépendant de ma propre individualité—GǼǪǵĵ΄ŧ CLjǼǡœŧǵ 1855
LONDON
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1900
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VARIOUS PERSONS BELOVED OR CHERISHED BY ME IN DEATH AS IN LIFE STAND ON RECORD IN THIS BOOK WHICH I DEDICATE TO THE MEMORY OF THEM ALL W M R
CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION SOME EARLY CORRESPONDENCE OF DANTE GABRIEL З ROSSETTI Introduction е LETTERS FROM DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI, 1 to 20 LETTER FROM GABRIELE 38 ROSSETTI, 21 LETTER FROM DANTE 40 GABRIEL ROSSETTI, 22 LETTER FROM GABRIELE 41 ROSSETTI, 23 LETTERS FROM DANTE 43 GABRIEL ROSSETTI, 24 to 26 MADOX BROWN-SOME LETTERS, FOLLOWED BY A DIARY Introduction 51 LETTERS 1 to 6 51 61 DIARY 1847 ” 1848 79 ” 1849 100 ” 1850 105 ” 1851 107 ” 1852 109 ” 1853 112 ” 1854 113 ” 1855 152 ” 1856 201 Introduction 205 ТНЕ Р. П.В. JOURNAL, 1849-53