By Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
EB-J letter to Mary Elcho Wednesday October 7 1896 on The Grange headed notepaper (regarding the death of William Morris)
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Wednesday / My dearest Mary / I would have / seen you when you came / on Monday but I was / in Hammersmith, to hear / the last arrangements made / and yesterday we took / him to Kelmscott / I think I should have / loved / to see you my dear - / I feel stunned now / and always want to / lie down & sleep, for / the strain of the last / weeks has been great - / and life will never be / the same to me again / nor shall I be myself / till I join him, this / at least is certain. / I should like to see / you for I love you / especially, tell me / how / Your aff- / EBJ

02/08/2022

William Morris died on Saturday, October 3 1896

Peter Nahum
02/08/2022
Owner Dates Owned Further Info. and Accession no. circa
Mary Constance Charteris, Countess of Wemyss and March (Lady Elcho, née Mary Constance Wyndham) 1896-1937
Francis David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss and 8th Earl of March (Lord Elcho) 1937-2008
James Donald Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss and 9th Earl of March (Lord Neidpath) 2008 - Present Stanway House Collection
Title Author/Editor Year Page No. & Illustrations Attachments
The Last Pre-Raphaelite, Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination Fiona MacCarthy 2011
Illus pls. XXII, XXVII, XXIX between pp. 358-359 and pls. 2, 3, 13, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33 between pp. 486-487 and in the text pp. 71, 115, 180, 192, 203, 235, 238, 256, 268, 287, 329, 371, 387, 425, 439, 449, 466, 499 pp. 1-17, 20-24, 26-71, 75-122, 124-150, 153-154, 156-203, 205, 207-232, 234-242, 244-249, 251-262, 264-272, 274-279, 281-307, 309-317, 319-352, 354-355, 357-361, 363-389, 391-396, 398-400, 402-416, 418-446, 451-472, 474, 476, 478-481, 483, 485-502, 504-518, 520, 522-523, 525-530, 534, 536