BIB_ID
313105
Accession number
MA 7792.34
Creator
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898.
Display Date
"St. Valentine his foolish day" [1883] Feb. 14.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.7 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."
Year of writing from notations included with this letter by Helen Gill Viljoen.
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."
Year of writing from notations included with this letter by Helen Gill Viljoen.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Discussing his attempts to persuade Morris to work in glass; suggesting that they could have a kiln "(a little one we could keep in the parlour) and could make little bits to our hearts content;" discussing the thickness of older glass; acknowledging that Ruskin is in Coniston but wishing he were in London; saying "that comes of being rich and having more homes than one, that I never know where you are. In the next life, my friend shall be poor and live next door to me."
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