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Call Number:
MSS 45
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
Title(s):
Edward Burne-Jones letter to Cormell Price
Date:
1856 May 30
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Part of Collection:
Box 1, folder 12
Provenance:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
Burne-Jones says that he owes Price more apologies than he has time to write at present. He tells Price he has taken rooms at Old House, Ship Street in Oxford and asks that Price tells him which train he will take to Oxford so that Burne-Jones can meet him. Burne-Jones goes on to give Price details about gaining entry to New College, remarking that on Sunday morning it is hosting a private party and admission will not be possible. He recommends that Price asks the sub-warden -- rather than the chaplain or one of the Fellows -- for tickets if his party is more than two. Burne-Jones asks his friend not to think him too unkind for responding to two letters from Price with such a short reply. He asks Price what he means by "Cupids less [?] -- a secret, eh? -- we must get it out of you." He ends by asking Price to remember him kindly to his sisters and assuring Price that he thinks he stands "a very good chance."
Additional Notes:
Addressed from "Exeter Coll." Addressed to Price (on outer leaf) at "8 Sun St. West, Birmingham." With one penny stamp and wax seal.
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet (4 pages) : autograph letter, signed ; 25 x 40 cm, folded to 25 x 20 cm
Genre:
Correspondence
Subject Terms:
English poetry
Painters
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898
Price, Cormell, approximately 1836-1910
University of Oxford
Finding Aid Title:
Edward Burne-Jones Letters to Cormell Price
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/5895.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2406129
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2406129?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1