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Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones Collection
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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]
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Edward Coley Burne-Jones, English painter and designer, was a friend of William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who influenced him in his art.
The collection contains 48 letters by Burne-Jones to his daughter, Margaret Burne-Jones (1866-1953), who married J. W. MacKail, a biographer of William Morris, in 1888. Some of the letters mention Morris, a fellow Pre-Raphaelite artist, and many letters contain drawings. Also present are a few miscellaneous letters including a Burne-Jones letter to his son, Philip, and a letter (1885) by Bram Stoker to Burne-Jones.
An addition includes a letter from Henry Stanley to Burne-Jones, and fifteen letters to his daughter Mrs. Mackail or her husband, J. W. Mackail, relating to Burne-Jones. Among the correspondents are Sir William Fletcher Barrett, Sir Francis Bernard Dicksee, Archibald Forbes, Benjamin Jowett, and George Wyndham. Also included are an autograph note from Burne-Jones to the model Augusta Jones, two letters to unidentified recipients, and a letter from Mrs. Burne-Jones, Lady Georgiana, to a "Mr. French," dated October 4, 1907. There are also 6 letters to Francis Hueffer and 2 letters to Cosmo Monkhouse.
Arranged roughly chronologically.
The collection was formed as a result of a Departmental practice of combining into one collection material of various accessions relating to a particular person, family, or subject.
This is an open collection for accessions relationg to Burne-Jones.
Six autograph letters (1871-1879) by Burne-Jones to Francis Hueffer, one ALS (1897) by Georgiana Burne-Jones to his wife Cathy Hueffer, two autograph letters (1893-1894) by Burne-Jones to Cosmo Monkhouse, two TLsS (1893-1894) by E. L. Burlingame (Scribners) to Monkhouse were purchased in 2013 by the Richard M. Ludwig Fund, established in 2001 by Michael Spence, Class of 1966.
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Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.
No appraisal information is available.
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- Finding Aid Date
- 2008
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The collection is open for research.
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