Rossetti Family Collection

This collection of correspondence from the Kenneth Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas offers insight into the lives and artistic endeavors of the Rossetti family, a British family of Italian descent whose members influenced art and literature during the second half of the nineteenth century. Principal correspondents include painter, poet, and founder of the Pre-Raphaelite movement in art, Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882); poet Christina Rossetti (1830-1894); and critic and biographer William Michael Rossetti (1829-1919).

View the finding aid for this collection.

Users of this collection should be aware that these items reflect the attitudes of the people, period, or context in which they were created. Certain images, words, terms, or descriptions may be offensive, culturally insensitive, or considered inappropriate today. These items do not represent the views of the libraries or the university. https://spencer.lib.ku.edu/collections/problematic-description