BIB_ID
312099
Accession number
MA 7788.76
Creator
Severn, Joan, 1846-1924.
Display Date
" Sunday" [1881 Mar. 27].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
George Baker, a merchant from Birmingham, succeeded Ruskin as Master of the Guild of St. George. He also gifted seven acres of land at Bewdley to the Guild.
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 27, 1881. She also notes on p. 1, "He began to write letters on the 24th."
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 27, 1881. She also notes on p. 1, "He began to write letters on the 24th."
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Thanking him for writing her so often; informing him that Ruskin was seeming much better, however, today "he insisted on writing to the chief manager trustee of St. George, Mr. Baker, to resign the mastership or have the affairs of the company wound up--adding he'll never more have anything to do with it; adding that "he asked me in the most knowing way what you'd think of his getting over this attack so soon!"
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