Autograph letter signed (“E Burne Jones”), to William Holman Hunt (“My dear Holman Hunt”), backing off from a project (“...Of course I will give my name to the memorial – where & how? As to the company it is hopeless – all these things are – by boundless energy you could start it – no one on earth could keep it up – it´s a fearful subject that the truth & one I should never like to think of...”), and reminding him of a promise (“...you did promise (but this in a generous outburst) to give me a little of that precious & unsophisticated oil – if you could spare any I should value it but its almost cruel to remind you of it...”), two pages, 8vo, guard, slight spotting, printed identification slip, the Grange, no date (after 1867) Bonhams 2004