The Death of Topsy (draft 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: draft copy
Collation: [1-11]
Note: The skit may have been drafted as early as 1875.
Scribe: DGR
Corrector: DGR
Provenance
Current Location: The British Library
Catalog Number: Ashley 1412
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Copyright: By permission of the British Library
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Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This is DGR's draft copy. He made a fair copy which he sent to Jane Morris in 1878. The draft exposes the fact that DGR took some trouble with the composition and revision of this occasional piece.