BIB_ID
312926
Accession number
MA 7792.2
Creator
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898.
Display Date
[1883 Apr.].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 15.3 cm
Notes
Burne-Jones partnered with Hollyer, a fine art photographer, from 1870-1877.
Dating from penciled notation on p. 1 by Helen Gill Viljoen.
Part of a collection consisting of 64 letters from Sir Edward and Lady Georgiana Burne-Jones primarily to John Ruskin, Joan Severn, and their circle, dated ca. 1864 to 1918. Collection also contains copies of seven letters of Lady Burne-Jones to Ruskin from 1862, and three related envelopes. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Ruskin had asked Burne-Jones to design a gold cross for his May Day festival at Whitelands.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Written on stationery embossed "The Grange, / North End Road, / Fulham.S.W."
Dating from penciled notation on p. 1 by Helen Gill Viljoen.
Part of a collection consisting of 64 letters from Sir Edward and Lady Georgiana Burne-Jones primarily to John Ruskin, Joan Severn, and their circle, dated ca. 1864 to 1918. Collection also contains copies of seven letters of Lady Burne-Jones to Ruskin from 1862, and three related envelopes. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Ruskin had asked Burne-Jones to design a gold cross for his May Day festival at Whitelands.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Written on stationery embossed "The Grange, / North End Road, / Fulham.S.W."
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Saying he has made a new one [cross]; telling him he will instruct the workmen tomorrow; providing color details for the specific aspects of the cross; adding in a postscript "my life has been spent bullying the infamous Hollyer. hope you have the photos."
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