BIB_ID
310498
Accession number
MA 2159.66
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
[before 1871 Dec 6].
Credit line
Purchased, 1961.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.7 cm + envelope
Notes
Date of writing inferred from contents of letter; Ruskin's mother died December 6, 1871.
Part of a collection of letters from John Ruskin to Thomas Richmond. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed "Denmark Hill, S."
Part of a collection of letters from John Ruskin to Thomas Richmond. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed "Denmark Hill, S."
Provenance
Henry W. Wollaston; purchased in 1961.
Summary
Saying that his mother had fallen and that the pain has been increasing over the last two days; saying that the surgeon has been sent for and expected to arrive shortly.
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