Autograph letter : London, to [John Ruskin], 1862 Sept. 14.

Record ID: 
313189
Accession number: 
MA 7792.72
Author: 
Burne-Jones, Georgiana, Lady, 1840-1920.
Credit: 
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description: 
1 item (4 p.) ; 21.0 cm
Notes: 

Recipient inferred from contents of letter.
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).

Summary: 

Worrying that he is not near enough to good medical advice; wishing he were closer so she could visit him and take care of him; relating news of Ned's [Edward Burne-Jones] painting and health; sending love from Gabriel [Rossetti]; sending news of her young son.

Provenance: 
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.