BIB_ID
313160
Accession number
MA 7792.55
Creator
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898.
Display Date
[1878].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.6 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).
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).
Year of writing from a penciled notation on p. 1 by Helen Gill Viljoen.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Referring to the impending libel suit brought against Ruskin by Whistler; saying "I want to make him forget this ugly rubbish--he shall not be left alone in the matter--hundreds of us are eager to do something--and we want to know what;" offering to send Georgie [Georgiana Burne-Jones] to keep her company; telling her how important Georgie is to him.
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