Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898, Edward Burne-Jones letter to Cormell Price, 1853 November 8
- Call Number:
- MSS 45
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898
- Title(s):
- Edward Burne-Jones letter to Cormell Price
- Date:
- 1853 November 8
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder 6
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund.
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- Burne-Jones tells Price that he must write a letter to "Harry" (Henry Macdonald), but, not knowing Harry's address, must send it via Price. Burne-Jones commiserates with Price regarding "the suppression of the Press" which Burne-Jones declares an "act of high-treason against the Great Republic of Literature," "Inquisatorial in a land that acknowledges no Inquisition" and "tyranny." He quotes Tennyson, assuring Price that "the tyrant's cruel glee forces on the freer hour." Burne-Jones goes on to describe ecclesiastical rows regarding a position at Exeter College or Oxford University, which possibly revolves around the Oxford Movement. (Burne-Jones writes that: "Hook by the by is to be Bishop of Oxford" which could be a reference to Walter Hook. Hook was educated at Oxford but never became bishop of the city.) Burne-Jones concludes by describing a "profound & exhaustive" sermon by Edward Bouverie Pusey.
- Additional Notes:
- Addressed from "Exeter Coll." Addressed to Price (on outer leaf) at "8. Sun St. West, Birmingham." With one penny stamp and wax seal.
- Physical Description:
- 1 folded sheet (4 pages) : autograph letter signed ; 23 x37 cm, folded to 23 x 19 cm
- Genre:
- Correspondence
- Subject Terms:
- English poetryFreedom of the pressPainters
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898Hook, Walter Farquhar, 1798-1875Macdonald, Henry James, 1835-1891Price, Cormell, approximately 1836-1910
- Finding Aid Title:
- Edward Burne-Jones Letters to Cormell Price
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/5895.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2406123
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2406123?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1