BIB_ID
313062
Accession number
MA 7792.23
Creator
Burne-Jones, Georgiana, Lady, 1840-1920.
Display Date
1899 Jan. 30.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.5 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).
This letter is a formal version of a more personal letter, written on the same day and making the same request, to Joan Severn (MA 7792.22). This letter includes the more formal signature, "G. Burne-Jones."
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
This letter is a formal version of a more personal letter, written on the same day and making the same request, to Joan Severn (MA 7792.22). This letter includes the more formal signature, "G. Burne-Jones."
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Sending a formal request for Ruskin's permission for her to use 40 letters between Ruskin and Edward Burne-Jones "either to print any letter of those I send entire or to make any selections."
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