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Autograph letter signed : Brantwood, Coniston, to Jane Simon, "Monday" [1881] Mar. 14.

BIB_ID
312074
Accession number
MA 7788.73
Creator
Severn, Joan, 1846-1924.
Display Date
"Monday" [1881] Mar. 14.
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 dating the letter to 1881.
Written on stationery embossed "Brantwood, / Coniston. Lancashire."
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Informing her that things were not much changed; saying that Ruskin told her "the only chance for my remaining here in safety was for him to live on the other side of the Lake;" adding "It almost breaks my heart. I'd rather hear him jabbering nonsense then seeming so much himself and yet so insane;" saying the attendant "manages very nicely."