BIB_ID
191585
Accession number
MA 7791.1-47
Display Date
1776-ca. 1900.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 box (45 items, 155 p.) ; 26.8 cm
Notes
Items 1-20 and 23-39 are bound in a light blue cloth, lettered "Ruskin Family Papers" on spine; items 21-22 and 42-47 are unbound.
Items in the collection are numbered 1-39 and 42-47.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Items in the collection are numbered 1-39 and 42-47.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Collection of 47 items, consisting mainly of letters, many of which were written by Ruskin's grandmother to his mother and father, or by John James Ruskin, James Tweddale, and other members of the family to one another. Collection also includes the indenture of Ruskin's grandfather (MA 7791.1, dated 1776), and a pedigree of the Ruskin family compiled by W. G. Collingwood. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related records for more information.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (28.8 cm)
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