BIB_ID
373645
Accession number
MA 5161.8
Creator
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898.
Display Date
undated [after 1875].
Credit line
Bequest of Kenneth A. Lohf, 2001.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.5 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Mrs. Holman Hunt"; this is probably Edith, William Holman Hunt's second wife. They were married in Nov. 1875.
On letterhead stationery of "The Grange, / West Kensington, W."
Part of a collection of thirteen autograph letters signed from Edward Burne-Jones to William Holman Hunt and two autograph letters signed from Burne-Jones to Edith Holman Hunt. Letters in the collection are described in individual records (MA 5161.1-15).
Watermark: Antique Vellum Note and the interlocking initials C, S, and A.
On letterhead stationery of "The Grange, / West Kensington, W."
Part of a collection of thirteen autograph letters signed from Edward Burne-Jones to William Holman Hunt and two autograph letters signed from Burne-Jones to Edith Holman Hunt. Letters in the collection are described in individual records (MA 5161.1-15).
Watermark: Antique Vellum Note and the interlocking initials C, S, and A.
Provenance
Sale (Sotheby's, 15 Dec. 1970, lot 878); Kenneth A. Lohf.
Summary
Noting that his "heart is set on a Zinc edifice"; reporting that he has "had a vile time with this unseasonable cold -- bad nights ... and all manner of devils let loose"; asking if she wants any books, and mentioning [Charles Dickens's] Great Expectations and The Uncommercial Traveller"; telling her that he "hear[s] every day from Brantwood" [the country house belonging to John Ruskin].
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