BIB_ID
313084
Accession number
MA 7792.27
Creator
Burne-Jones, Georgiana, Lady, 1840-1920.
Display Date
1900 Feb. 3.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.9 cm
Notes
A memorial service was held for Ruskin at Westminster Abbey at 1 pm on Thursday, January 25, 1900. A funeral followed at Coniston.
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 from "6 Pembroke Gardens."
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 from "6 Pembroke Gardens."
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Relating her thoughts on the memorial service for Ruskin at Westminster Abbey; sharing her reflections on his death; saying that she [Joan Severn] was "to him what no one else in the world could be, the joy of his good days and the comforter of his evil ones."
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