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Burne-Jones (Edward), Letters to Margaret Burne-Jones Mackail
MS.2018.011  
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volume 1, Folder 1

Letters 1876-1883

Contents

7 letters, 2 with envelopes, 2 sketches.
volume 1, Folder 2

Letters 1884

Contents

14 letters, 1 envelope, 3 letters with drawings.
volume 1, Folder 3

Letters 1885-1886

Contents

8 letters, 6 letters with drawings
volume 1, Folder 4

Letters 1887

Contents

6 letters, 4 envelopes, all letters with drawings (one with sewn in string connecting a drawing of Margaret, on the first page, to a caricature of Burne-Jones, on the last page)
volume 1, Folder 5

Letters 1889

Contents

2 letters, 1 envelope, 1 letter with drawing
volume 1, Folder 6

Letters 1892

Contents

11 letters, 3 envelopes, 4 letters with drawings, many letters with pasted in newspaper clippings (mostly of jokes) as well as one letter with a pasted cheque and a manuscript note from Margaret Mackail, made at a later date.
Volume 2, Folder 1

Letters 1893

Contents

2 letters, 1 with drawings.
Volume 2, Folder 2

Letters 1894

Contents

5 letters, all with envelopes, 1 letter with drawings and several with clippings of jokes from the newspaper. One letter is from Georgiana Burne-Jones to Margaret Mackail.
Volume 2, Folder 3

Letters 1895

Contents

6 letters, 2 envelope, many letters with newspaper clippings (mostly jokes). One letter also has a pasted inpaper silhouette of Burne-Jones.
Volume 2, Folder 4

Letters 1896-1898

Contents

3 letters, 4 envelopes, 1 letter with drawings and one with newspaper clippings.
Volume 2, Folder 5

Letters undated

Contents

9 letters, 4 envelopes, 7 letters with drawings. Many of these letters appear to date from before 1876 and 2 are written in all block capital letters, presumably to a young Margaret just learning to read.