Severn, Joan, 1846-1924
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Edward Burne-Jones Letters to John Ruskin
Collection
Call Number: MSS 56
Overview:
The collection comprises letters from Edward Burne-Jones to John Ruskin, written from 1862 to ca. 1889.
Dates:
1862-ca. 1889
Marie Corelli collection
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 332
Overview:
Collection includes letters between Corelli and her publishers, George and Richard Bentley, 1885-1894, including a copy of a letter by Basil Wilberforce concerning Corelli's "Barabbas"; letters to Alexander Wedderburn, 1908-17, that discuss John Ruskin, Arthur and Joan Severn, and personal matters; letters between George Bentley, Eric Mackay, and Arthur Waugh; autograph manuscript of "The Great Secret" (published in 1920 as "The Secret Power"); and a corrected typescript by Bertha Vyver...
Dates:
1885-1947
Edward Burne-Jones letter to John Ruskin, 1880s?
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Call Number: MSS 56
Scope and Contents:
"My Blessed, Do maids dust your pictures - and if so do they treat you as I am treated? Every morning my engravings, pictures, all my treasures hanging on the wall look like this: [Pen-and-ink sketch of pictures hanging off-kilter on the wall]. Every evening I set them straight and look at them longingly like this: [Sketch of Burne-Jones reclining on a sofa with straightened pictures behind him on the wall]. And every morning again: [Sketch of Burne-Jones crouched below his pictures hanging in...
Dates:
1880s?
Letters : Brantwood, Coniston, Lancashire, to Mrs. Arthur Stannard, 1887 November 1-November 9
Part of Collection — Box: 273, Folder: 34
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
Three autograph manuscript letters, signed, discussing family matters, Stannard's books, and Severn's cousin John Ruskin.
Dates:
1887 November 1-November 9