BIB_ID
313149
Accession number
MA 7792.51
Creator
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898.
Display Date
[1878].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 15.1 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, / North End Road, / Fulham, S.W."
Year of writing from a penciled notation on p. 1 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, / 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
Saying he heard from a mutual friend that he [Ruskin] has been working too hard; inviting him to come for a visit; saying that he couldn't bear to see him ill again and couldn't imagine their lives without him.
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