BIB_ID
312929
Accession number
MA 7792.3
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
1883 May 1.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 12.1 cm
Notes
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 small piece of watercolor paper.
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 small piece of watercolor paper.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Telling him "The success of the cross today is perfect--in all possible ways."
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