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Autograph letter signed : London, to Joan Severn, 1900 Jan. 21.

BIB_ID
313082
Accession number
MA 7792.26
Creator
Burne-Jones, Georgiana, Lady, 1840-1920.
Display Date
1900 Jan. 21.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 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.
Ruskin was infected with the influenza virus on January 18, 1900 and died two days later on January 20, 1900.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Written on stationery embossed "6. Pembroke Gardens, / Kensington, W."
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Sending her condolences on the death of Ruskin.