BIB_ID
311788
Accession number
MA 7788.9
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
[1862] June 20.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 25.5 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to "Mrs. John Simon / 44. Gt Cumberland St / Bryanston Sq / W / London / Inghilterra."
Part of a collection of letters primarily from John Ruskin and Joan Severn to Dr. and Mrs. Simon. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
With a penciled notation on p. 1 by Helen Gill Viljoen dating the letter to 1862.
Part of a collection of letters primarily from John Ruskin and Joan Severn to Dr. and Mrs. Simon. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
With a penciled notation on p. 1 by Helen Gill Viljoen dating the letter to 1862.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Telling her that with quiet and work he is getting better; saying that the Alps are beautiful and that he has given up on "the Irish plan;" asking her to thank John for his kindness with regard to his book and binding.
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