BIB_ID
313065
Accession number
MA 7792.24
Creator
Burne-Jones, Georgiana, Lady, 1840-1920.
Display Date
1899 Feb. 1.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.8 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 collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Saying that the more she thinks of it and more she "can't bear the thought of those precious letters [between Ruskin and Edward Burne-Jones] leaving your hands; asking her to return them to her as soon as Ruskin has approved them for her to use.
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