BIB_ID
313126
Accession number
MA 7792.47
Creator
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898.
Display Date
[1876 Nov.].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (5 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
Date 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.
The Conference was held on December 8, 1876 with Gladstone as the chief speaker; Ruskin lent his name as a Convenor.
The second half of the first page has been torn off.
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."
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.
The Conference was held on December 8, 1876 with Gladstone as the chief speaker; Ruskin lent his name as a Convenor.
The second half of the first page has been torn off.
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."
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Soliciting his support for the National Conference on "The Eastern Question" to protest the policies of Disraeli with regard to the looming war between Turkey and Russia.
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