Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898, Edward Burne-Jones letter to John Ruskin, 1862 June
- Call Number:
- MSS 56
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Creator:
- Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
- Title(s):
- Edward Burne-Jones letter to John Ruskin
- Date:
- 1862 June
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder 2
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund.
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe 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 writes that (John William) Inchbold has arrived, bringing Ruskin's letter. Burne-Jones remarks upon his copies made for Ruskin: "four rotten little sketches; one of a head in the Veronese <title>Triumph</title> at the Ducal Palace, one of the <title>Bacchus</title> head of Tintoret (as nearly original size as I could guess), one of St. Catherine, and one of the Harem or Marriage of Cana. They really are so far more faithful than those I did under your eye, for you frightened me, you did." Burne-Jones describes a trip to Torcello: "Cat [Georgiana] and I went early to Torcello and confided much poetic sentiment to each other." Despite their enjoyment, Burne-Jones writes of his and Georgiana's homesickness. Includes a cartoon sketch by Burne-Jones of himself and Georgiana with Venice behind. Partially reproduced in Georgiana Burne-Jones, Memorials of Edward Burne-Jones, vol. 1. (London: Macmillan, 1904), 246-247.
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (4 pages) : autograph letter, signed ; 21 x 26 cm folded to 21 x 13 cm
- Genre:
- Correspondence and Pen and ink drawings
- Subject Terms:
- CopyingPaintersPainting, BritishPicture frames and framingPictures
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Great BritainTorcello (Italy)Venice (Italy)
- Associated People/Groups:
- Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898Burne-Jones, Georgiana, Lady, 1840-1920Inchbold, John William, 1830-1888Ruskin, John, 1819-1900Tintoretto, 1518-1594
- Finding Aid Title:
- Edward Burne-Jones Letters to John Ruskin
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/11067.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2781757
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2781757?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1