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Creator: | Watts-Dunton, Theodore, 1832-1914. |
Title: | Theodore Watts-Dunton Letters |
Inclusive Dates: | 1884-1912 |
Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
Abstract: | British poet and critic. Four letters, one to William Michael Rossetti and three to Appleton and Co. |
Language: | English |
Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832-1914) was an English critic and poet. He was close friends with English poets Alfred Lord Tennyson, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Algernon Charles Swinburne.
William Michael Rossetti (1829-1919) was an English writer and critic, brother to poets Christina and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and a founding member of the group known as the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
The Theodore Watts-Dunton Letters consists of four letters dated from his home "The Pines." The letter to William Michael Rossetti, on mourning paper, inquires about a sale of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's picture "Brimful," and sends thanks for note on Dante. The letters to Appleton & Co. discuss the possibility of a biography of Swinburne. Only the first, signed "Watts," is in Watts-Dunton's hand, the others were written for him by his secretary.
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Theodore Watts-Dunton Letters,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Purchase, 1970.
Created by: MRC
Date: 21 Oct 2010
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SC 627 | William Michael Rossetti, Appleton & Co. 1884, 1909, 1911-1912 |