Illustrated Essay

Rossetti's Exhumation Proofs

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

Andrew Stauffer


These three pages are all creatures from the grave.
 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))
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