BIB_ID
312971
Accession number
MA 7792.13
Creator
Burne-Jones, Georgiana, Lady, 1840-1920.
Display Date
1889 Aug. 10 .
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.6 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.
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, / West Kensington, W."
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, / West Kensington, W."
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Relating news of her children; discussing motherhood and saying "being weaned from one's children as they grow old enough to belong to the world as well as ourselves, is equal to any weaning they ever suffered. Besides which, there is no 'bottle' which could be offered me as a substitute that I would not instantly break to bits--whereas we remember what they did;" discussing the beautiful summer weather; looking forward to hearing from her.
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