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GCPP Bodichon 4/15

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Photocopy of a letter from Christina Rossetti to Barbara Bodichon, together with transcript of same, 1860-08-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Bodichon 4/15
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'I wish you could see us all admiring and enjoying your beautiful gift. It is the first picture I ever possessed, and delights me as a fine painting'. Refers to enclosing a [poem?] entitled Refuge and another "trifle" acompanying it. At the bottom of the transcript there is a note from [Frances Thomas?] explaining that she cannot so far trace any poem by Christina Rossetti entitled Refuge.

Dates: 1860-08-15
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access is open to bona fide scholars by appointment only.