The Death of Topsy (fair copy manuscript)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Production Description
Document Title: The Death of Topsy
A Drama of the Future
in One unjustifiable Act
Author: DGR
Date of composition: 1878
Type of Manuscript: holograph fair copy
Collation: [1-5]
Note: The skit may have been drafted as early as 1875.
Scribe: DGR
Corrector: DGR
Provenance
Current Location: The British Library
Catalog Number: Add. MS. 57772, vol. II xx
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Copyright: By permission of the British Library
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Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This is DGR's fair copy of the skit. It was sent to Jane Morris in 1878, when he must have made the copy, as is shown by the presence of an envelope postmarked 17 Oct. 1878 which accompanies the MS.