BIB_ID
313119
Accession number
MA 7792.42
Creator
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898.
Display Date
undated.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item ( 4 p.) ; 15.2 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."
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."
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Discussing the "divine defence of gipsies you have writ;" saying he is painting "some most beautiful pictures--much in advance of the age;" complaining about the "barbarous country of ours" and its treatment of "my dear arabs;" adding "I have turned arab, and my name is Fadl abu Mich [?]...so never say that the arabs haven't given a painter to the world because there's me."
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