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Czar Alexander the Second. (13th March, 1881.) (Corrected copy, Houghton Library)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Production Description

Author: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Date of composition: 1881 March 13
Type of Manuscript: corrected holograph copy
Collation: 1 leaf
Scribe: DGR
Corrector: DGR

Provenance

Current Location: Houghton Library, Harvard University
Catalog Number: MS Eng 1440
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Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

This corrected copy is the earliest text of the poem that we have. It may have been the draft text. The other manuscript copy derives from this.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Source File: 8-1881.harvard.rad.xml
Copyright: By permission of the Houghton Library, Harvard University