BIB_ID
313177
Accession number
MA 7792.61
Creator
Burne-Jones, Georgiana, Lady, 1840-1920.
Display Date
1863 Aug. 10.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 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.
Recipient inferred from contents of letter.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Written on mourning paper from "35 Queen Square."
Recipient inferred from contents of letter.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Written on mourning paper from "35 Queen Square."
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Telling him that her sister is very ill with smallpox; expressing her gratitude that they [she and Edward Burne-Jones] were away with him [Ruskin] and, thus, escaped the illness.
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