BIB_ID
313113
Accession number
MA 7792.38
Creator
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898.
Display Date
[1878].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.9 cm
Notes
James Whistler sued Ruskin for libel over Ruskin's criticism of Whistler's painting "Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket." The trial was held November 25-26, 1878.
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, / North End Road, / Fulham, S.W."
Year of writing from a penciled notation on p. 1 by Helen Gill Viljoen.
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, / North End Road, / Fulham, S.W."
Year of writing from a penciled notation on p. 1 by Helen Gill Viljoen.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Telling him of the subscription that he and Morris have started to cover Ruskin's court costs during the Whistler trial; describing his experience as a witness on Ruskin's behalf at the trial.
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