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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 is open for research.
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under
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.
No appraisal information is available.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.
Edward Coley Burne-Jones, English painter and designer, was a friend of William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who influenced him in his art.
AM2003-17
AM15166, 17862
AM1997-82
AM1997-62
AM2013-94
AM2013-94