album;
letter;
drawing
- Museum number
- 1960,1014.2.15
- Description
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Letter about sharing a cat with his daughter Margaret, from the album 'Letters to Katie';
Pen and brown ink
Verso: drawing of two halves of cat; rear end held by Burne-Jones; front held by Margaret
Pen and brown ink
- Production date
- 1883-1889
- Dimensions
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Height: 135 millimetres
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Width: 185 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Letter to Katie Lewis from the album 'Letters to Katie'. For information about the album, see curatorial comment for 1960,1014.2(1).
Margaret's cat was called Frill. For other letters related to the cat see 1960,10.14.2.16 and 17
Lit.: J. Christian, 'Edward Burne-Jones, The Hidden Humorist', London, 2011, p. 52, fig. 3.4 (with incorrect registration number given)
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Drawings cannot be removed from the album.
For exhibition history of album, see 1960,1014.2.1
- Acquisition date
- 1960
- Acquisition notes
- The correct register number for this album is 1961,1014.2(1 to 101), but it was misstamped as 1960,1014.2(1-100).
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1960,1014.2.15
