Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898, Edward Burne-Jones letter to Cormell Price, 1854 February 28
- Call Number:
- MSS 45
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
- Title(s):
- Edward Burne-Jones letter to Cormell Price
- Date:
- 1854 February 28
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder 7
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund.
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe 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 responds to Price's questions about scholarships, noting that the competition for Oxford scholarships "depend entirely upon the men who present themselves for candidacy" and that the University's reputation for "stiffness" deters individuals from applying and so "competition has been less." He tells Price that the scholarships for Queen's College are generous but that the college has changed from "old times." He notes Magdalen College's demyship scholarship form and states that he believes recipients often become full Fellows. Burne-Jones gives his friend advice on studying "Oxford Latin," remarking that the "accuracy of translator ... to render the meaning of a passage as plainly" as possible is paramount. He states that "Tacitus [?] is better than Cicero" and that participles are "supposed to be connecting links between sentences etc -- not meaningless nonsense for filling up, to be translated at random by 'forsooth', 'but', 'indeed' etc."
- Additional Notes:
- Addressed from "Exeter Coll." Addressed to Price (on outer leaf) at "Classical Department, King Edward's School, Birmingham." With one penny stamp and wax seal. and References: Georgiana Burne-Jones, v. 1, p. 98
- Physical Description:
- 1 folded sheet (4 pages) : autograph letter signed ; 23 x 37 cm, folded to 23 x 19 cm
- Genre:
- Correspondence
- Subject Terms:
- English poetryLatin languagePaintersStudy and teaching
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898Price, Cormell, approximately 1836-1910University of Oxford
- 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/2406124
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2406124?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1