BIB_ID
312043
Accession number
MA 7788.65
Creator
Severn, Joan, 1846-1924.
Display Date
"Sunday" [1878].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 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.
With a penciled notation on p. 1 by Helen Gill Viljoen suggesting that the letter may have been written in 1878.
Written on stationery embossed "Brantwood, / Coniston. Lancashire."
With a penciled notation on p. 1 by Helen Gill Viljoen suggesting that the letter may have been written in 1878.
Written on stationery embossed "Brantwood, / Coniston. Lancashire."
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Discussing the loan of a Titian and a Gainsborough sketch to a show; saying that John is "quite hoarse and can hardly speak today with a rough sore throat;" adding how much she and "coz" enjoyed her letter.
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