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By Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Edward Burne-Jones letter to Cormell Price, 1856 May 18 with a hand with its index finger pointing right, towards his Sloane Terrace address
MS letter on paper
1856
Dimensions: 21 cm x 27 cm
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Caricatures, Amusing and Personal drawings, Manuscript documents, Works on Paper / Vellum
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Burne-Jones begins the letter with the following declaration: "Mr Jones begs respectfully to inform the public that he executes pictures of the most chaste and unique description upon the most reasonable terms." He then lists prices for a variety of types of drawings, including "love scenes, executed in bold style, indian ink" (5 shillings) and "full length caricature" (2 shillings and sixpence). He goes on to announce that he is "desirous of forming classes for the reading of Ruskin." Burne-Jones says that if Price were in London, he would see the streets "placarded" with such announcements before he gives up the joke, commenting "no you wouldn't, what lies I tell."

Burne-Jones says he is "desolate" because William Fulford has "gone to Hill's" for a few days. He says that he has taken a 12-mile walk in the rain and plans to "write letters and be miserable" for the rest of the day or "go and join the mob in Hyde Park." He asks Price to write to him often and to encourage Charlie Faulkner and "Dickides" (Richard Watson Dixon?) to do the same.

Burne-Jones says he has received a note from "Topsy" (William Morris) recommending that he see Arthur Hughes's April Love. Burne-Jones says he plans to visit the Royal Academy the following morning to see it. He asks Price to give Morris his love. Burne-Jones offers his love to "all the set" and sketches a heart surrounded by their names (Willie, Harry, Dickides, Hatch, Charlie, Puckle, Oakley and Guest) so that Price "forget[s]none." Sketch measures 5 x7 cm.

Addressed from "13 Sloane Terrace, Sloane St, Chelsea." In the top left hand corner of the letter, Burne-Jones has sketched a hand with its index finger pointing right, towards his Sloane Terrace address. Sketch measures 2 x 5 cm.

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones,Yale Center for British Art and Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository (Yale University Art Gallery)
26/02/2024
Owner Dates Owned Further Info. and Accession no. circa
Cormell Price (Crom) 1856-1910
Yale Center for British Art and Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository (Yale University Art Gallery) MSS 45 Box 1, folder 11
Title Author/Editor Year Page No. & Illustrations Attachments
The Last Pre-Raphaelite: Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination Fiona MacCarthy 2011
Illus pl. XXII between pp. 358-359 and pls. 3, 13, 15, 30, 31, 32, 33 between pp. 486-487 and in the text pp. 71, 192, 203, 238, 256, 268, 329, 330, 371, 425, 439, 449, 466 pp. 1-17, 20-24, 26-44, 47-66, 68-71, 73, 75-95, 97, 111-117, 120-122, 124-132, 134-136, 140-141, 144-145, 147-150, 153-154, 156-168, 170, 172-203, 205, 207-214, 216-219, 205, 220-224, 229-232, 234-235, 237-240, 242, 247-252, 254-255, 257, 259-262, 264-276, 278-279, 281-307, 309-317, 319-321, 323-343, 341-350, 357-361, 363-384, 387-389, 392, 395, 398-400, 402, 405-416, 418-445, 451-462, 464-472, 476, 478-483, 485, 487-489, 491-501, 504-517, 522-523, 525-530, 534, 536


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