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Illustrated Essay

Rossetti's Exhumation Proofs

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A textual study of the proofs made from the manuscript poems exhumed from Elizabeth Siddall's grave in October of 1869.

Andrew Stauffer

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These three pages were part of the notebook buried with Elizabeth Siddall.

 Another Love
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Another Love (1848)
Wellington's Funeral.
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Wellington's Funeral. (1852)
Praise and Prayer (cancelled fair copy, Houghton Library, Harvard U.)
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Praise and Prayer (cancelled fair copy, Houghton Library, Harvard U.) (1848)

Two partial copies of the first proofs issued from the exhumed manuscript notebook.
 Poems (1870): Exhumation Proofs, First Issue (partial), Princeton/Troxell (copy 2)
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Poems (1870): Exhumation Proofs, First Issue (partial), Princeton/Troxell (copy 2) (1869 October 30 (late October))
Poems (1870): Exhumation Proofs, First Issue (partial), Princeton/Troxell (copy 1)
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Poems (1870): Exhumation Proofs, First Issue (partial), Princeton/Troxell (copy 1) (1869 October 30 (late October))