BIB_ID
313121
Accession number
MA 7792.44
Creator
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898.
Display Date
undated.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.9 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).
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Praising "Praeterita" and saying "nothing I dread as much as its coming to an end--or getting on too fast--doo 'ee linger over it and don't speed--there can't be enough of it."
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