BIB_ID
312075
Accession number
MA 7788.74
Creator
Severn, Joan, 1846-1924.
Display Date
" Tuesday" [1881 Mar. 15].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.0 cm + envelope
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 March 15, 1881.
With a penciled notation on p. 1 by Helen Gill Viljoen dating the letter to March 15, 1881.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Reporting that there is very little change in Ruskin's condition; saying that Dr. Parsons would very much appreciate his opinion; indicating that Dr. Acland has offered to come "if we wish it and we particularly do not wish it;" adding that Ruskin has taken a great dislike to Dr. Parsons and "so he did not see him today in case of a scene and irritating him unnecessarily."
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