A Prayer (fair copy, earliest manuscript)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Production Description
Document Title: A Prayer
Author: DGR
Date of composition: 1846
Type of Manuscript: fair copy
Collation: 1 page
Provenance
Current Location: Duke University Library
Catalog Number: Rossetti Writings VI
Physical Description
Paper: gray laid unlined paper
Watermark: none
Dimensions of Document: 6 3/8 x 8 in.
Bibliography
- Baum,
Manuscripts in the Duke University Library, 6-7
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Copyright: Special Collection Library, Duke University
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Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This is the earliest manuscript of the poem, which was written in 1846, as the pencil notation on the recto indicates.