1991.1016.216.1

George Washington Jack (designer)

Letter to Philip Webb from George Jack, sent care of Lady Burne Jones. It was written to accompany what Jack calls a 'text book', presumably the book in which the letter was stored by Emery Walker. Found inserted in the book, Woodcarving, design and workmanship, by Jack, George, when acquired by the museum, shelf N76 . Part of the Emery Walker Library.

London

1903-10-26 - 1903-10-26 1903 - 1903

Arts & Crafts

Letter from George Jack to Philip Webb dated 26th October 1903. Found in ‘Woodcarving, design and workmanship’ by George Jack Oct 26 1903 24 STATION ROAD CHURCH END, FINCHLEY My dear Webb[i], I am sending you a copy of the text book I have had to do with. I don’t know that suchy things really do much good , but there it is & Lethaby[ii] & fate must answer for the consequences I hope you are doing well in your new temporary home[iii]. I don’t know your address so send this care of Lady Burne Jones[iv]. Yours truly George Jack [v] [Transcriber’s note: On the back of this letter there are various figures, apparently measurements, and calculations written in pencil]. [Footnotes: [i] Philip Webb (1831 – 1915), architect and friend of, inter alia, William Morris. [ii]William Lethaby (1857 -1931), architect and architectural historian. [iii]By this time Philip Webb had moved from London and was living in Sussex but in late 1903 he was in Rottingdean, Brighton as a result of a bout of ill health and was under the care of Lady Burne-Jones (see 1991.1016.644) [iv] Georgiana Burne-Jones (1840 – 1920) née MacDonald, by this time the widow of Sir Edward Burne-Jones. [v]George Jack (1855 – 1931) was an architect and designer, a contemporary of William Morris who designed furniture for Morris and Co. In 1880 he joined Philip Webb’s office. CAW]