BIB_ID
307895
Accession number
MA 7798.1-170
Display Date
1878.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 box (170 items) unbound ; 28.2 cm
Notes
202 individuals are said to have subscribed to the so-called "Splügen Fund."
J. M. W. Turner's "Pass of the Splügen" is now in a private collection.
Letters from contributors to the subscription fund are arranged alphabetically.
This collection formed part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material.
J. M. W. Turner's "Pass of the Splügen" is now in a private collection.
Letters from contributors to the subscription fund are arranged alphabetically.
This collection formed part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Collection consists of 170 items relating to the purchase (by a subscription fund) of J.M.W. Turner's watercolour "Pass of the Splügen," at H.A.J. Munro's sale (Christie's, 5 April 1878), for presentation to John Ruskin. Collection contains: 153 letters to William Cowper-Temple, Alfred Hunt, and John Simon from individuals sending contributions to the subscription fund; 10 letters between Mr. Cowper-Temple, Mrs. Simon, Margaret Hunt, and Joan and Arthur Severn concerning the subscribers and the purchase of the watercolour; 4 lists of subscribers; a printed notice sent to subscribers reporting that Ruskin received the picture; the subscription fund's bank book issued by Messrs. Coutts & Co.; and an account written by Mrs. Simon of how the idea for the subscription was conceived and implemented.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (28.2 cm)
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