1840s-1860s: GCPP Parkes 5/161-180.
20 letter, some of which are illustrated with sketches. They discuss the following: Barbara’s painting and drawing; her reading matter; travel and social engagements; articles written by Barbara for the English Woman’s Journal; and her first trip to Algiers in 1856. Several of the letters discuss Dante Gabriel Rossetti and the relationship between him and Lizzie Siddal (GCPP Parkes 5/169; 5/172-174 and 5/180a).