Thirty-five autograph letters from Ruskin to Georgiana Burne-Jones, dated 1861-1888. Address various matters, mostly personal (illnesses, visits to Winnington); says he has sent to the printer the analysis of Carpaccio's 'St. George' (XI.10); thanks her for sending 'this superb address', referring to Morris's address on 'The Art of the People' (XI.12); says he is working on a painting for Norton (XI.13); asks her to write out a list of pictures and the places where they are: 'It is a most important thing to know where his work can be seen' (XI.21); various references to Rooke: 'Please tell Ned I want all of Rooke that's St George's down here at once; and the loan of what else there is, as I have to examine his faculty for different work, now' (XI.26). |