BIB_ID
311813
Accession number
MA 7788.21
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
[1866] Sept. 7.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 20.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal, stamps and postmarks, embossed "Denmark Hill, S." and addressed to "Mrs. John Simon / Hotel de l'Union / Chamonix / Savoie." The hotel address has been crossed out and Vevey written in its place and it appears from the postmarks that it was forwarded to Mrs. Simon in Vevey.
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 1866.
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 1866.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Discussing, at length, a dispute over the purchase of land and the removal of trees upon that land; discussing the Eisenkraemers involvement in the dispute and the involvement of lawyers on both sides.
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