BIB_ID
311990
Accession number
MA 7788.60
Creator
Parsons, George.
Display Date
1878 Mar. 29.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.0 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.
Written on stationery embossed "Hawkshead / Ambleside."
Written on stationery embossed "Hawkshead / Ambleside."
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Giving a detailed account of Ruskin's physical and mental condition; saying he continues to be restless and refusing food; saying he is sorry that Dr. Simon is busy "as I fear in the case of an emergency you are the only person who could help me and the Severns;" fearing that if anyone else were called in to help they would send him to an asylum; adding "It is you who can advise generally as a friend as to arrangements that alone can give material aid if the worst comes to the worst. Help purely medical and professional I don't think we require at present;" concluding that "I have never seen the very lucid intervals his attendants describe....there's not very much mental improvement."
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