BIB_ID
312005
Accession number
MA 7788.64
Creator
Richmond, George, 1809-1896.
Display Date
1878 Apr. 15.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.9 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.
Written on stationery embossed "Athenæum Club. / Pall Mall."
Written on stationery embossed "Athenæum Club. / Pall Mall."
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Referring to the purchase (by a subscription fund) of J. M. W. Turner's watercolour "Pass of the Splügen," at H. A. J. Munro's sale (Christie's, 5 April 1878), for presentation to John Ruskin.
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