BIB_ID
311799
Accession number
MA 7788.14
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
[1862 Dec. 25].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 26.9 cm
Notes
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. Ruskin has written "Christmas" at the top of the letter.
With a penciled notation on p. 1 by Helen Gill Viljoen dating the letter to 1862. Ruskin has written "Christmas" at the top of the letter.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Saying that "Nature and Grace have both done well for me this morning; discussing, at length, the beauty of the surrounding countryside, and saying he took a three hour walk towards Bonneville and back and did some sketching; talking of the foliage in the garden and saying he will get into the "large house tomorrow or the day after and I've taken the pavilion at the end of the garden as well."
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