Following the death of Elizabeth Siddal in 1862 and his settling in Chelsea, Rossetti entered on a period of his life -- charted in volume 3 -- that was marked

This correspondence between the leading art agent of the mid-Victorian period, known as "The Owl," and the family of his chief client, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, m

Represents the collection of extant Rossetti correspondence, a primary witness to the range of ideas and opinions that shaped Gabriel Rossetti's art and poetry.