MORRIS, William (1831-1896); Edward BURNE-JONES; Dante Gabriel ROSSETTI; George Frederick WATTS; Lawrence ALMA TADEMA; & others. A collection of letters to members of the Ionides family from various Pre-Raphaelite painters and their circle, including:

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MORRIS, William (1831-1896); Edward BURNE-JONES; Dante Gabriel ROSSETTI; George Frederick WATTS; Lawrence ALMA TADEMA; & others. A collection of letters to members of the Ionides family from various Pre-Raphaelite painters and their circle, including:
William MORRIS. Autograph letter signed ('W. Morris') to [Aglaia] Ionides, Queen Square, n.d., declining an invitation because of a cold, 'a hot day on the river is just the thing to make me worse ... all I can do is to keep quiet and stick to my work ... I can hardly see out of my eyes ... no use if I were to come and "pull faces" all day long' and begging to be forgiven, 2 pages, 8vo.
Edward BURNE-JONES. Two autograph letters signed (with initials) to Aglaia Ionides, The Grange, West Kensington, [n.d.], regarding the tabard she is making and giving detailed instructions as to the cut and drapery, including two sketches, one of the finished garment on a figure, and making an appointment, 2 pages, 8vo (some spotting).
Dante Gabriel ROSSETTI. Autograph letter signed ('D.G. Rossetti') to Miss [Aglaia] Coronio, n.p., n.d. [October 1880?], regarding a drawing Constantine asked him to look at, one page, 8vo.
George Frederick WATTS. Three autograph letters signed ('G.F. Watts') to Mr Ionides and Miss Ionides, Little Holland House and Sandown House, [n.d.], on various matters including the state of his finances 'I am very short of money', agreeing that he should have concentrated on portrait painting but 'I should not now have been so far advanced towards carrying out my great objects as I am ... I find myself gradually and silently assuming weight and influence', speaking of prices for his portraits 'I intended to ask large prices ... they must pay me for my large pictures that will not sell in these days', together 7 pages, 8vo.
Lawrence ALMA TADEMA. Ten autograph letters signed ('L. Alma Tadema') to Mrs [Aglaia] Coronio, 17 and 34 Grove End Road, 17 March 1890 to 29 June 1906, on various matters, mostly thanks for visits and gifts, together 12½ pages, 8vo.
With five other autograph letters from Walter Crane, Edward J. Poynter (two), Charles Keene and Philip Webb (regarding Wagner). Provenance. The Ionides family; and by descent. (22)

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The Ionides family, thence by descent.

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The Anglo-Greek Ionides family were prominent patrons and supporters of artists of the Aesthetic Movement -- notably Rossetti, Whistler and Burne-Jones. George Frederick Watts painted no fewer than five generations of the family. Constantine Ionides formed the famous collection of paintings and drawings now in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Lady Burne-Jones recalled that Aglaia Ionides (Mrs Coronio) helped her husband in finding fabrics and arranging dresses for his models. Aglaia's brother, Alexander, created one of the great 'aethetic' houses of the day at 1 Holland Park with the help of Philip Webb and William Morris.