BIB_ID
311960
Accession number
MA 7788.53
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
"Thursday" [1865].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.6 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 possibly dating the letter to "1865?" with an added notation under "Thursday", stating "before Good Friday."
Written on stationery embossed "Denmark Hill, S."
With a penciled notation on p. 1 by Helen Gill Viljoen possibly dating the letter to "1865?" with an added notation under "Thursday", stating "before Good Friday."
Written on stationery embossed "Denmark Hill, S."
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Expressing his thoughts on the death of her mother; discussing, at length, her feelings about their future friendship.
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