Sister Helen (fair copy fragment, lines 225-238, British Library)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Production Description
Document Title: [Untitled]
Author: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Date of composition: 1879 (circa)
Type of Manuscript: fair copy manuscript
Note: One manuscript leaf with text on one side.
Scribe: DGR
Corrector: DGR
Provenance
Current Location: British Library, Ashley Collection
Catalog Number: Ashley A.1388
Physical Description
Paper: unlined, cream: measurements: 17.8 x 11 cm
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Copyright: By permission of the British Library
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Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This manuscript fragment is an early version of lines 225-238 of the received poem; it is part of the additional material (lines 204-245) that DGR added in 1881 to the New Edition of the Poems (1881). The manuscript was written in late 1879, probably in September or October.