Rose Mary (the Beryl Songs)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Production Description
Document Title: Beryl Song I, II, III
Author: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Date of composition: 1880 January
Type of Manuscript: fair copy
Collation: 3 holograph leaves written on one side each
Provenance
Current Location: British Library
Catalog Number: MS adds. 45353 folios 23-27
Note: manuscripts in the Morris papers
Physical Description
Paper: three leaves of ruled cream laid paper
Dimensions of Document: 18 x 22.8 cm
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Copyright: By permission of the British Library
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Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
These holograph fair copies of the “Beryl” songs were written years after the body of the ballad had been completed in 1871. DGR made these copies in January 1880, when he completed the composition of the songs.